Peter Facinelli: Speaking Queens English
によって Peter Facinelli (told to Eric Estrin)
Published: November 03, 2009
Peter Facinelli had plenty of passion and determination but not much in the way of craft when, as a stiff New Yorker with a “My Cousin Vinny” accent, he enrolled at NYU and threw himself into a drama career. Now co-starring in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” and heading up the Cullen vampire clan in the “Twilight” series -- his 次 film, “New Moon,” opens Nov. 20 -- Facinelli is a nonstop working actor with a wide range and a long resume in film and television.
He spoke with Eric Estrin about how he ロスト his Queens swagger, the value of not having a Plan B, and Dick Wolf’s tradeoff.
When I was in third grade, I was in the school としょうかん, ライブラリ and I picked up a picture biography book on Robert Redford. I started 読書 about him and the things he did, and I thought, "That’s a fun occupation to do."
Then I saw “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” not too long after that, and I thought, "That’s what I want to do."
So I told my parents when I got a little older that I want to be an actor, but to them it was like saying I wanted to go to Mars. They kind of just laughed at it. The 次 time they asked, I 発言しました I wanted to be a lawyer, because I got a lot of oohs and aahs in the family.
For a long time I kind of convinced myself I wanted to be a lawyer. I never did any plays in high school. I was quite shy actually.
And then I went to one 年 at St. John's University, and I’m studying pre-law, and I take an 芝居 101 class and I 愛 it.
I remember there was a kid in the class and he said, "This is fun, but what are the chances of us actually ever being an actor?" I kind of got mad at that, and that’s when I made the decision that I was gonna be an actor, and I said, "I don’t care if it takes me six years to start getting work." I was just that passionate about actually doing it, and I didn’t like the fact that this kid 発言しました that we couldn’t.
I knew a manager who kind of found me through friends, and his name is Mark Amitin. Mark steered me in the right direction. On his advice, I transferred into NYU to study acting.
For a whole 年 I was going up on stuff and I was probably really terrible. Every time I walked out of the room, I had this great high, like I was doing what I wanted to be doing, and I was really excited that I was able to go out on things. I was getting some really crappy feedback, but for some reason, my agent stuck with me.
I was horrible. They were saying, "This kid can’t act, he’s terrible." But あなた know, it was a great learning curve for me.
I think I had natural instincts, but I was also stiff as a board when I first started out. I also had a really thick New York accent at the time. I was like “My Cousin Vinny,” so that was very limiting, but あなた know, NYU knocked that right out of me.
When you’re studying acting, you’re studying every tool あなた need. I had speech classes, I had voice classes, I had movement classes, I had 芝居 training classes. You’re 読書 plays …
When あなた walk in, あなた have all these character traits, and what they do is, they neutralize you, so when あなた walk out, if あなた start in a neutral position あなた can play any character.
So I kept training and I kept studying and then I booked a “Law & Order” episode and I took two weeks off from school to do that.
Then Dick 狼, オオカミ liked me, so he put me in the guest lead of a short-lived series he had called “The Wright Verdict,” and I had to take another two weeks off from school to shoot that. I was off for about a 月 and I realized, now it’s too late to do the semester, so I thought, I’ll just take a semester off and go back.
But then I started booking other work, and I never went back, 15 credits shy of graduating.
People always ask me if I have any アドバイス about going into acting, and I say, "Don’t have a backup plan, because you’ll use it." I didn’t have a backup plan. I was 15 credits shy of graduating college, so for me it was sink または swim.
It’s funny because I saw Dick 狼, オオカミ years later. I was up for a SAG Award for “Six Feet Under” for Ensemble, and I saw him there at the SAG Awards and I said, "Dick, you’re the reason I don’t have my diploma. But you’re also the reason why I got my SAG card, so it was a good tradeoff."
によって Peter Facinelli (told to Eric Estrin)
Published: November 03, 2009
Peter Facinelli had plenty of passion and determination but not much in the way of craft when, as a stiff New Yorker with a “My Cousin Vinny” accent, he enrolled at NYU and threw himself into a drama career. Now co-starring in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” and heading up the Cullen vampire clan in the “Twilight” series -- his 次 film, “New Moon,” opens Nov. 20 -- Facinelli is a nonstop working actor with a wide range and a long resume in film and television.
He spoke with Eric Estrin about how he ロスト his Queens swagger, the value of not having a Plan B, and Dick Wolf’s tradeoff.
When I was in third grade, I was in the school としょうかん, ライブラリ and I picked up a picture biography book on Robert Redford. I started 読書 about him and the things he did, and I thought, "That’s a fun occupation to do."
Then I saw “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” not too long after that, and I thought, "That’s what I want to do."
So I told my parents when I got a little older that I want to be an actor, but to them it was like saying I wanted to go to Mars. They kind of just laughed at it. The 次 time they asked, I 発言しました I wanted to be a lawyer, because I got a lot of oohs and aahs in the family.
For a long time I kind of convinced myself I wanted to be a lawyer. I never did any plays in high school. I was quite shy actually.
And then I went to one 年 at St. John's University, and I’m studying pre-law, and I take an 芝居 101 class and I 愛 it.
I remember there was a kid in the class and he said, "This is fun, but what are the chances of us actually ever being an actor?" I kind of got mad at that, and that’s when I made the decision that I was gonna be an actor, and I said, "I don’t care if it takes me six years to start getting work." I was just that passionate about actually doing it, and I didn’t like the fact that this kid 発言しました that we couldn’t.
I knew a manager who kind of found me through friends, and his name is Mark Amitin. Mark steered me in the right direction. On his advice, I transferred into NYU to study acting.
For a whole 年 I was going up on stuff and I was probably really terrible. Every time I walked out of the room, I had this great high, like I was doing what I wanted to be doing, and I was really excited that I was able to go out on things. I was getting some really crappy feedback, but for some reason, my agent stuck with me.
I was horrible. They were saying, "This kid can’t act, he’s terrible." But あなた know, it was a great learning curve for me.
I think I had natural instincts, but I was also stiff as a board when I first started out. I also had a really thick New York accent at the time. I was like “My Cousin Vinny,” so that was very limiting, but あなた know, NYU knocked that right out of me.
When you’re studying acting, you’re studying every tool あなた need. I had speech classes, I had voice classes, I had movement classes, I had 芝居 training classes. You’re 読書 plays …
When あなた walk in, あなた have all these character traits, and what they do is, they neutralize you, so when あなた walk out, if あなた start in a neutral position あなた can play any character.
So I kept training and I kept studying and then I booked a “Law & Order” episode and I took two weeks off from school to do that.
Then Dick 狼, オオカミ liked me, so he put me in the guest lead of a short-lived series he had called “The Wright Verdict,” and I had to take another two weeks off from school to shoot that. I was off for about a 月 and I realized, now it’s too late to do the semester, so I thought, I’ll just take a semester off and go back.
But then I started booking other work, and I never went back, 15 credits shy of graduating.
People always ask me if I have any アドバイス about going into acting, and I say, "Don’t have a backup plan, because you’ll use it." I didn’t have a backup plan. I was 15 credits shy of graduating college, so for me it was sink または swim.
It’s funny because I saw Dick 狼, オオカミ years later. I was up for a SAG Award for “Six Feet Under” for Ensemble, and I saw him there at the SAG Awards and I said, "Dick, you’re the reason I don’t have my diploma. But you’re also the reason why I got my SAG card, so it was a good tradeoff."
"hey bella going to a party dressing like that." alice pointed at my jeans and t-shirt
"alice its my life let me live it the way i want to live it ok"i said. i cant belive i just 発言しました that. she stared at me shocked.she started pouting."ouh!fine あなた can dress me up. aneways it is a ハロウィン party." i said"iwasnt gonna tell あなた that あなた had to dress up.but good thing i did!"she said. i stared at her in shock
1 時 later
"alice!"i yelled.iwas to dolled up to go with edward.too late edward came up and looked at me as like i was famouse."bella."he said. it made me blush.
"alice its my life let me live it the way i want to live it ok"i said. i cant belive i just 発言しました that. she stared at me shocked.she started pouting."ouh!fine あなた can dress me up. aneways it is a ハロウィン party." i said"iwasnt gonna tell あなた that あなた had to dress up.but good thing i did!"she said. i stared at her in shock
1 時 later
"alice!"i yelled.iwas to dolled up to go with edward.too late edward came up and looked at me as like i was famouse."bella."he said. it made me blush.
こんにちは guys,
I havent been 書く much but I dont think that I can finish this fanfic, so if anyone wants 2 take over send me a message.
I knwo that あなた guys porbably want to see this finshed so i'd thought Id give あなた the option!
Okay?
Thank you!
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Laura!
Damm these lonegr 記事 things!!! How long doe sit have to be!!!!!!
THe rest will be pam so that I can asctully post this\
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I havent been 書く much but I dont think that I can finish this fanfic, so if anyone wants 2 take over send me a message.
I knwo that あなた guys porbably want to see this finshed so i'd thought Id give あなた the option!
Okay?
Thank you!
...................................................................................................................................................
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.
Laura!
Damm these lonegr 記事 things!!! How long doe sit have to be!!!!!!
THe rest will be pam so that I can asctully post this\
hj
hj
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Okay, I think it's so unfair that Emmett gets no attention!
Jasper- gets attention because of his power people are always making fun of him
Edward- Hello of course he'll get attention i mean HE is like the MAIN character other then Bella.
Alice- All people feel bad for her. She doesn't no were shes from and she has all her hair cut off so yeah we feel bad for her.
Rosalie- She is PRETTY so almost all boys ファン 愛 HER
BELLA-I mean come on SHE IS THE MAIN character!!!
Jacob-WHO doesn't 愛 Jacob?
and LASTLY we have Emmett
Emmett- あなた never find a Team Emmett thing anywhere. He is THE 愛 OF Rosalie so most boy ファン Hate him. and Most girl ファン are all over Edward または Jacob.
don't get me wrong I 愛 Edward and Jacob it's just that Emmett hardly has any fans!
so come on girls lets 表示する our spirit for THE HOT AND MUSCULAR GUYS!!!!
GO EMMETT!!!
Jasper- gets attention because of his power people are always making fun of him
Edward- Hello of course he'll get attention i mean HE is like the MAIN character other then Bella.
Alice- All people feel bad for her. She doesn't no were shes from and she has all her hair cut off so yeah we feel bad for her.
Rosalie- She is PRETTY so almost all boys ファン 愛 HER
BELLA-I mean come on SHE IS THE MAIN character!!!
Jacob-WHO doesn't 愛 Jacob?
and LASTLY we have Emmett
Emmett- あなた never find a Team Emmett thing anywhere. He is THE 愛 OF Rosalie so most boy ファン Hate him. and Most girl ファン are all over Edward または Jacob.
don't get me wrong I 愛 Edward and Jacob it's just that Emmett hardly has any fans!
so come on girls lets 表示する our spirit for THE HOT AND MUSCULAR GUYS!!!!
GO EMMETT!!!
I get people asking me this 質問 all the time...................
Is there an Edward out there for us?
I always reply 'no', there is no such thing as a vampire for starters, but apart from that, there could be no one, as loving, as kind, as dedicated as Edward, but people belive they are guys out there, that are like Edward.
so i have decided to do a experiment. i would like ten girls plus me, to become a team and to build up a dating site, for people who are aged 12 to 16. after a 月 of this, we will ask all the girls who joined the site, did they find someone (a guy) who was as loving and kind and dedicated as Edward. after we find out the results, we will post them here for you!
so if anyone out there would like to help me build up a dating site and get this Experiment up and running please contact me withen 2-3 days. thanks,
please leave コメント if u would 登録する the dating site.
Is there an Edward out there for us?
I always reply 'no', there is no such thing as a vampire for starters, but apart from that, there could be no one, as loving, as kind, as dedicated as Edward, but people belive they are guys out there, that are like Edward.
so i have decided to do a experiment. i would like ten girls plus me, to become a team and to build up a dating site, for people who are aged 12 to 16. after a 月 of this, we will ask all the girls who joined the site, did they find someone (a guy) who was as loving and kind and dedicated as Edward. after we find out the results, we will post them here for you!
so if anyone out there would like to help me build up a dating site and get this Experiment up and running please contact me withen 2-3 days. thanks,
please leave コメント if u would 登録する the dating site.