Mark Pellegrino Quotes

I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.

You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.

You want to play as much as possible, but I am not the type of character to go bursting walls down.

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

I do tend to gravitate to the more dramatic side of things. I love feeling intense emotions when I'm acting. I just love characters and stories with conflict.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.

Above all, I am motivated by the most mysterious drive we ever experience -that of love - I don't think there's any influence on my life that compares with love.

You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy.

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin.

Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

When you fall in love for the first time, you're naive to every feeling that you're feeling, and you're almost obsessed with or addicted to that person. Your life is consumed by them, and everything you want to do revolves around them. I think it's great.

Audacity, and again, audacity, and always audacity.

I just couldn't believe that it [Into the Forest script] had fallen into my lap, because I felt so incredibly connected to my character, and I understood her, and I really...I haven't had that feeling about a script since I had read Thirteen or The Wrestler when I was just like, "No one else can do this." I just feel so passionate about it.

I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element to the story, the novel will be set in eastern North Carolina, and the characters will be likeable. Then, I make each novel unique through differences in voice, perspective, age and personalities of the characters, and of course, plot.

I love you more than I hate everything else.

Thinking is action..... but there is nothing on this earth as powerful as consistent, bold, physical action.

Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation.

I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.

Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage. It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect against feeling.

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.

I begin to think that none are so bold as the timid, when they are fairly roused.

My feelings for you run very deep." - Loor Not deep enought, I guess." - Bobby (The Rivers of Zadaa)