Swayze's death makes Lowe appreciate acting

Rob Lowe is thankful he is an actor - because the death of his friend Patrick Swayze has made him realise he can be immortal as he will always be captured on screen.

The star appeared alongside Swayze in his breakthrough film, Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders, and was left devastated when the star died on 14 September (09) following a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

But the tragic news has made Lowe reflect on his own life and appreciate that he will forever be remembered through the films and TV shows he has been in.

He says, "He was like a brother to me. One of the great gifts we get (as actors) is that we live on, frozen in time, forever... Truly, the most fulfilling moments I've ever had are on the stage. If you can't have that as an actor, then you might as well at least have that other great thing, which is immortality."

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