Peter Sarsgaard Quotes

Peter Sarsgaard — American Actor born on March 07, 1971,

John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor, best known for his role in the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State. He landed his first feature role in the movie Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask, playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker... (wikipedia)

You want to do something, you want to have the bravery to do something original. And there will always be people who are like, the classicists who are like, 'No, but it's got to have this.' In life, there are people like that attached to every single thing that there is. These are the same people that are like, still playing vinyl.

If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.