A biography for Alex Pettyferhasn’t been written yet.
“הלוואי שהיו לי כמה סיפורים מעניינים על החיים בלוס אנג'לס, אבל בעיקר אני פשוט עושה את העבודה שלי ואז חוזר הביתה.”
“העניין הוא שכשאתה מגלם דמות זו הפרסונה שאתה מביא מספר לסרט, או ספר לתסריט לסרט. אם אני משחק את פרנק סינטרה, יהיו דברים שאני אעשה בסרט שאולי פרנק לא היה עושה, אבל זו האישיות שמתגלה.”
“אני אף פעם לא חושב על הסרט הבא. אני תמיד חושב על המצב שבו אני נמצא עכשיו.”
“אני חושב שאתה צריך להיות מאוד בטוח כשחקן כדי לברוח מעצמך – לבקר מחדש בעבר של מישהו, בין אם אתה מגלם אדם אחר או יוצר מישהו, ואז לחזור למי שאתה ולא להביא את הרגשות האלה איתך.”
“עשיתי פעם הופעת דוגמנות עבור ברברי, וזו הייתה חוויה נהדרת, אבל לא, אני לא דוגמן. אני רוצה להיות דוגמן כי זה הרבה יותר קל מלשחק.”
“אני מעדיף לשחק את הבחור הרע – זה נותן לך יותר חופש כשחקן.”
“I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.”
“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.”
“I love traveling, but I hate planes.”
“I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.”
“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.”
“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.”
“'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.”
“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.”
“I've heard I've been called a bad boy, or difficult.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm forever a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Apparently I've picked the worst baseball team in the world.”
“I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.”
“Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds.”