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Peter Facinelli is an American actor of Italian descent, born on November 26, 1973. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the popular Twilight film series. Throughout his career, Facinelli has appeared in various films and television shows, including the Fast & Furious franchise and the TV series Nurse Jackie. He has established himself as a versatile actor in Hollywood, capable of taking on diverse roles across different genres.

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“Twitter for me is a form of entertainment for the followers and it's also a source of information. I try to tweet things that I think might make people smile, or to share information that I want to get across, like an event like this that can inspire other people to get involved. I try to mix it up. I think that is a reflection of me - a family man, an actor, and a philanthropist.”

“Sometimes while you're cooking it's messy but the outcome is good. The end result is all that counts.”

Ends Sometimes Results Cooking Outcomes Messy End Results

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“I don't like giving a gift just to cross the person off my list. They don't have to be extravagant or expensive things, they can be simple. Just helping my neighbor hang his lights was a great gift for me to give. He was an older gentleman who was having trouble putting up his lights, and it made me feel good to be able to help him.”

Giving Feels Persons Made Helping Light Able Simple Trouble Crosses Neighbor Lists Feel Good Gentleman Expensive Extravagant Great Gifts

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“When you are creating your character there are a lot of questions and sometimes you doubt if you are making the right choices.”

Ifs Sometimes Character Choices Doubt Creating Right Choices

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“I read the books the day before I had met with the director Catherine Hardwicke. The first I heard of it was my agent called and said, 'Do you want to be in a vampire movie?' and I said 'No.' I thought it was like a zombie, blood-and-guts, vampire movie.”

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“You'd come in in the morning and put your contact lenses in and they'd put your makeup on. I tried to stay out of the sun, because the more color you had, the more makeup you had to wear, to cover your color.”

Morning Sun Color Contact Makeup Over You Lenses Contact Lenses

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“There was a lot of expectations and pressure on the first one, because the fanbase is pretty big, when we were shooting the movie. I think the whole cast was aware of the responsibility we had to tell Stephanie's (Meyer) story, to try to get it right and take our work seriously.”

Thinking Trying Firsts Whole Stories Bigs Responsibility Expectations Pressure Casts Shooting

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“Everyone had coverage. You might have like three lines, but there were 10 people, so they would cover each person. Three lines could take 12 or 15 hours, but it was fun because everybody was together. As hard as it was to shoot those scenes, I always enjoyed when we were all together.”

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“We had a lot of rehearsals for the original Twilight to get the family to learn each other and experience each other, so we could all be like a family. We spent a lot of time together.”

Together Originals Twilight Rehearsal Time Together

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“Well, in Twilight, I started out dying my hair blonde. And then, as the movie progressed, I wore wigs. The wigs went through a transformation. In Breaking Dawn, it's a little longer. That's my arc.”

Wells Littles Dying Hair Transformation Dawn Twilight Blonde Arcs Wigs Breaking Dawn

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“I miss the woods. Sometimes I go on weekend trips and just wander the woods, barefoot and reminiscing, and I put my contact lenses in. Is that weird?”

Sometimes Missing Goes On Woods Contact Wander Weekend Lenses Barefoot Reminiscing Contact Lenses

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“I think we're all fans of Twilight. Being in this Saga, you become a fan. I have the whole DVD collection at home. I put it on every day and watch it at least five times a day. Is that weird?”

Thinking Whole Home Watches Five Fans Collections Twilight Dvds Saga

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“We've always had to worry about the electrical grid and nuclear facilities, and they remain a concern; but cyber-terrorism, you know, which is a word that you hear more and more, I think is a reality.”

Thinking Knows Reality Worry Concern Terrorism Nuclear Facility Electrical Cyber Grids

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“...Something about, 'I love my dad, I love my dad, makes me feel better when I'm sad ... I love you to the moon and back.”

Feels Love You Dad Moon My Dad Feel Better I'm Sad Make Me Feel Better Love My Dad I Love My Dad The Moon And Back

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“Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I'm in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I'll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life.”

“I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange juice. I think I had that for lunch the first three years of high school.”

Thinking Years Firsts Kids School Three Waiting Lines High School Corners Shy Lunch Three Years Orange Juice Orange Juice Pretzels Waiting In Line

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“Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my career straight out of college.”

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“I enjoy what Twitter is because I can really connect with the fans and it's a great way to share information with them and it's also a great way to entertain. I like being able to put a smile on people's faces and letting them know what I'm doing.”

People Knows Way I Can Able Faces Enjoy Share Fans Information Smile Because I Can

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“I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.”

Knows Trying Done Roles Havens

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“I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.”

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“I like to keep my Twitter pure. I don't want to sell my followers anything.”

Want Pure Sells Followers

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“It definitely gets challenging at times. I travel a lot more now, and its never easy having to leave the kids, even if its for a few days.”

Ifs Kids Easy Challenges

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“My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.”

Ifs Want School Actors Acting Teach Study Advice Crafts Nyu Great Schools

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“There were days when I was literally running for hours in the forest and then I'd jump on a plane and then I'd be on the 'Nurse Jackie' set. I was going from Vancouver to New York every three days. For me, it was really invigorating.”

Running Three Hours New York Forests Planes Nurse Jackie Vancouver Invigorating

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“We've been shooting the last two weeks with a lot of vampires. I don't want to give away too much, but if you've read the books, it's the standoff with lots of vampires in play. There's like 70 people going through the works at once. It's a little maddening, but fun. We shot pretty much the ending of the two movies the other day.”

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“What I like about the third movie is you get to see a side of Carlisle you haven't seen before. You actually get to see what his vampire capabilities are because there's some great battle sequences. It's my favorite book. Carlisle is holding on to that humanity. He doesn't want to be a vampire.”

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“When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.”

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Born: November 26, 1973
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 27

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