Peter Facinelli Quotes

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.

In movies like 'Cape Fear,' I never played verbal characters. Now, as a grown-up, I relish playing people that are not like myself. That's what I enjoy about acting.

I want to do more roles that require a large level of preparation and that are completely different from who I am.

I like playing a variety of characters. I feel like I've been able to play different kinds of characters - I've done a lot of period pieces - but I've never had to play the same type of character too much.

I think any actor hopes to have variety and range in what they do. Everybody has a certain range, so you take on roles to expand that the best you can... See things a little differently and whatnot.

If you look at my body of work, my characters drastically vary, and so I typically don't play the same role. It makes me feel reborn with each role.

I admire actors that consistently challenge themselves and play a wide range of different roles. Every actor has a reason for being an actor... it's boring to play the same person over and over again. People like Daniel Day Lewis, who completely transform time and time again, I look up to.

For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.

For me, as an actor, just to keep acting and to keep being able to work and to do different roles and challenging roles, that's something I'd love to do.

There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity.

Acting-wise, I've had all these experiences. Yet when I look at certain people whose careers I admire, they've gotten to play so many different characters.

It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.

I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.

As an actor, you always have aspirations to play different roles.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

My main agenda as an actor is just to spend time with my characters - I am really glad that the roles being offered to me is very versatile.

I have been quite lucky as an actor to have managed to play different kinds of roles.

I can be the girl next door, be the sexy girl, be an action girl. As an actor, this is something that people need to see.

I became an actor because I enjoy playing a variety of different people rather than playing one person for the rest of my career.