Pete Postlethwaite Quotes

That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.

The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time. If you do that, you're at the center of the universe - if you can find characters who are more ambiguous and can raise more questions than answers.

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

I definitely like to play characters that don't fit any kind of mold; that are slightly offbeat, because it's more fun to play.

I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.

I am fine playing 'Law & Order' and even the 'Jurassic' movies to be straight up, as far as the characters being portrayed there, but I never want to stay in straight-up land too long. I always wanted to do something where the character's world gets to be explored.

I always respond to characters who have depth. I'm always interested in those people. They're the ones who surprise you.

I'm never going to be comfortable being squished into a box, and that's why it's been weird in Hollywood, they don't know what to do with me, because I can play the game up to a point, but then I can't at all.

I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

I realized my life was not going to be, per se, normal.

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going.

I have never been an easy fit. I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply.

I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.

Everybody kept saying, 'I just don't know how to sell you.' I'm odd. I don't think you can put a finger on me.

My work life is pretty much the opposite of what you would expect.

Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'

Playing the good guy is boring. I love twisted, flawed characters.

I like playing interesting people, I like playing slightly twisted people. I like playing people who have large appetites who are kind of a bit larger than life.

I like movies that don't fit in a category. Like, 'Get Out' - that was one of my favorite movies in a long time, and what is that?

I'm really a big fan of HBO and Showtime shows, so I wouldn't mind being on an edgy show... where I could challenge myself to do gritty stuff - a homeless guy or just some guy with a lot going on who's got problems. It's more fun to do as an actor.

It's really interesting to play someone you wouldn't want to ever spend more than a couple of drinks with - but who has redeemable characteristics.

There's not been one normal thing in my life.