Peter Facinelli: Carlisle Takes Preparation

Larry Carroll of MTV interviewed Peter Facinelli and asked him if he could do in character one of Carlisle’s signature lines. Peter, who takes his job really seriously, turned Larry down. He explained it wasn’t personal, but it wasn’t possible:

“You know, I don’t even know if I can do Carlisle on the spot like that… Really, in order to play those roles, you have to get into the whole spirit of the character. I have to have on my white makeup and my contact lenses, otherwise it just doesn’t work. Otherwise, it looks like Peter Facinelli trying to play something; it’s weird. But I could say that’s one of my favorite lines from “New Moon”: “Like everything else in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.” But that’s me saying it, not Carlisle. [In “New Moon”] Carlisle says it, and it’s very Carlisle-esque.”

See the whole Peter Facinelli interview on MTV.