Alex Pettyfer Quotes

1. "I Am Number Four" is an action-packed adventure entwined with a romantic story. I play the role of John Smith. John wants to be a normal kid, but he is from a different planet and he has been given this destiny of becoming a warrior.


2. (on his two biggest performances so far) They were both fun. I think probably "Stormbreaker" pipped it a tiny bit because it was a lot more effort and I got quite a bit more reward. You get to see what your fans really think about you and how the film's going to do - at the premiere. 

3. I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon.





4. (on his "Stormbreaker" co-stars) In my eyes, they're some of the best actors working today. People like Bill Nighy and Mickey Rourke and Ewan McGregor. It was fantastic to work with such a great cast and a fantastic crew. I learnt so much from them. 

5. I did a modeling gig for Burberry once, and it was a great experience, but no I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.





6. (his views on euthanasia) I think it should happen for people who are sick and should be legal.

7. I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.

8. I don't really look for a script and go: "I need to do a thriller, so I'm going to do this." I just read scripts and look for the best possible story.

9. I was tricked into swimming by my mother, which I love - it came in very handy. But go-karting, skiing, I know how to fly, thanks to my school - I joined the RAF for a bit, and learned how to land and take off a plane. But I've done all sorts of things in my life which really helped me towards Alex Rider.

10. I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.

11. My biggest fear was that there might be 5 or 6 kids there who just want an autograph, and then I would walk in and do my press. I got out of the car and it was probably 3 seconds and 3,000 girls were screaming for me. 

12. I jumped off a cliff backwards for "I Am Number Four," which was pretty cool. I'd never done that before. It took seven takes from different angles and luckily there were no injuries. I came close, though. My head nearly hit the rock at one point.

13. Working on television is like being in a playground, but working on a film is like being in a big new world. It's quite hard working on a film, but we all got on like a big family which made it easier. 



14. Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

15. I got a big shock when I first went to boarding school because you have to become independent.

16. I think my Wikipedia (page) is full of bullshit because I actually don't have anything cool or interesting to be said about me. I've heard I'm called a bad boy, or difficult-maybe that's because I don't take any bullshit.

17. I was bullied at my old school and I've been tossed up in a blanket before I was 13.

18. I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love "Pirates of the Caribbean," but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.

19. I'm forever a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Apparently I've picked the worst baseball team in the world.

20. I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you.

21. "I Am Number Four" is a great story about a guy who's trying to find his destiny and figure out who he is and his identity.

22. I went on this school trip, and I didn't really care about acting or about media. I wanted to be a racing driver. I went to go to the toilet and walked into this auditioning room where Stephen Fry was, and he must have taken a fancy. Him and the producer stuck me in this small TV movie, called "Tom Brown's Schooldays," which was a great experience.

23. I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds.



24. I'm very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill - I want to be a director, and I've already started my own production company. But I also have a measure of success that I keep to myself. It's something very personal to me.

25. I love New York. I love L.A. too. I love both places.

26. I've always been the guy that loved being scared or loved having pressure on me, because I always wanted to prove myself wrong and always wanted to prove that I could do it.



27. I'm the gypsy man. I don't really live anywhere. I've got a roof over my head in Los Angeles, and I've got a lot of friends everywhere.

28. Los Angeles is a very magical place when you take the entertainment industry out of it. You have beautiful beaches and amazing mountains here. I'm a big rock climber. I head out into the mountains whenever I have free time. It's amazing.



29. I love traveling, but I hate planes.

30. My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.

31. I've heard I've been called a bad boy, or difficult.



32. The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across.

33. I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.

34. There are not many places in the world where you can get to the beach in an hour, the desert in two hours and snowboarding or skiing in three hours. You can do all that in California.




35. Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds.

36. To act alongside a TV idol of mine, Peter Krause, was phenomenal. I watched him in "Six Feet Under," I watched him on "Dirty Sexy Money" and I'll carry on watching him, and I've been lucky enough to be a part of that world with him.

37. I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.

38. Parties don't thrill me. I like sitting at home with a tub of Chunky Monkey ice cream watching "Big Brother" or "Friends".

39. My favorite books are Charles Bukowski's "Post Office" and "Women."

40. L.A. is growing on me a little bit, but it's still a shit-hole. I think it's this insidious pool where nearly everyone lives in fear. Geographically it's fantastic: in a half hour, you can be on the beach in one direction, go snowboarding in another, or go out into the desert. But socially it's disgusting. I wish they'd just run all the c... out.

41. I remember reading "Disturbia," one of the first scripts I ever got, and I go: "Pfft, who wants to make a movie about a guy in a house?"




42. You hear a lot of people say they want to make art in this industry, but so few people actually f… do it. I was disillusioned by (Hollywood) at the time, but now I've come to accept that's just the way things are: it's called show business, not show art.

43. And that's what I really love, is finding a script and fantasizing and going to a different world and kind of portraying a character that is interesting. Because other lives interest us, that's why we read magazines like "People" and try and fascinate and drool over what other people are doing.

44. I don't go out, I don't drink and I don't do drugs.


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