Penn Badgley Quotes

United States, Actor
November 1, 1986

Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on The CW's series Gossip Girl (2007–12) and has also starred in a number of films, including John Tucker Must Die (2006), The Stepfather (2009), Easy A (2010), Margin Call (2011), and Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012). He is currently the lead singer for Brooklyn-based indie band Mother (stylized as MOTHXR).

Also known as Musician

For a while I didn't believe in marriage. But I think I do believe in having a love. I'm not saying only one love ever, but in having a good, solid relationship. I think that's possible.

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When you come to L.A. as a kid with your mom, you're lured into doing things that you think are cool and fun and a good idea, but they're cheesy and awful. And recording a pop single was one of them.

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- Good
- Fun
- Single

I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long.

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- Long
- School
- Experience
I couldn't date someone who didn't like dogs. There are exceptions to the rule, but I find that if someone doesn't like animals, I am a little suspicious of them.

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Money is... I'm very conscious of it because I have it. It's powerful, man. It can change you ever so slightly, ever so slowly, and all of a sudden you're addicted to a million-dollar lifestyle and you've got no choice but to make a bad movie.

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- Money
- Bad
- Movie
The 'Gossip Girl' idea and ideologies, like, they sort of encourage this certain kind of, like, materialism and superficiality that isn't, I would say, the best thing in the world.

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- World
- Girl
- Gossip
I've always loved music. I listen to music the way a lot of actors watch movies.

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- Music
I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curious person.

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- Walking

I don't believe in auditioning. I'm a bad auditioner. I don't like it.

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- Believe
- Bad
I think pineapple is very sexy. It reminds me of bikinis and the beach.

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- Sexy
- Beach
You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I still can't really place.

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- Childhood
Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity.

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- Celebrity
I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

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