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"FacebookPinterest\n\nPeter, you really weren't aware of the Twilight books when the call came?\n\n No.\n\nNot even trying to hide it!\n\n My agent called: \"Want to do a vampire movie?\" I said, \"No.\" I was thinking it was some B-horror movie. They said, \"Well, it's based on this book that is popular right now. And Catherine Hardwicke is directing it.\" I knew her work from Lords of Dogtown and Thirteen. They set up a meeting for the next day. I got the book at 5pm and finished it at 2am. I couldn't put it down.\n\nReally? I read five pages of the first one and felt, \"I get it, but this is not for me.\"\n\n Here's what I liked about it: It was a throwback to the origins of what the vampire tale used to be\u2014this mysterious, sensual figure. In Hollywood, somewhere along the way, they made that vampire tale into horror films. This was like a Romeo and Juliet story, with the vampire as more of a backdrop.\n\nPoint taken. You play Doctor Carlisle\u2014Robert Pattinson's dad, basically. You also play a doctor on Nurse Jackie. Are you sick of that white lab coat yet?\n\n Carlisle is a doctor, but it's not a hospital movie. On Nurse Jackie, I wear it every day. But as an actor, I don't play the occupation. I play the person behind the white coat.\n\nWhen did you first suspect Twilight would explode?\n\n Somewhere after we finished filming the first one, I was on the beach in Hawaii, I looked around and everyone was reading Twilight. \n\nWhat's the strangest interaction you've had with a fan?\n\n A fan asked me to sign her wrist. An hour later, she had it tattooed.\n\nHow do you respond to that?\n\n I don't advocate it! It puts a lot of pressure on me to still be acting in ten years.\n\nYou're married to Jennie Garth\u2014since 2001. You're coming on ten years. Is that Hollywood's equivalent of a golden anniversary?\n\n We've actually been together for 15 years.\n\nWhat's the secret?\n\n I was always inspired by Paul Newman. That's how I got into acting. I love his career, and the way he gave back to humanity. He had a solid marriage. I've tried to emulate all of that. I don't know why you'd want to start over with someone new.\n\nYou grew up in Queens\u2014like Vince on Entourage. Did you go to L.A. with your own entourage?\n\n No.\n\nAnything very Queens about you?\n\n I used to have a really thick accent. They beat that out of me at NYU.\n\nLast thing: I have to say, Your character on Nurse Jackie is kind of a jerk.\n\n I have a lot of sympathy for that character. He doesn't intend to be mean. But he doesn't think before he speaks. He's unaware. I liken him to a puppy dog in a roomful of people who hate dogs. He wants to be liked."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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