I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility.

- Pete Postlethwaite

Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.

- Pete Postlethwaite

At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tel…

- Pete Postlethwaite

I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious.

- Pete Postlethwaite

I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people w…

- Pete Postlethwaite

I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from eleven to fourteen, and trai…

- Pete Postlethwaite

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would …

- Pete Postlethwaite

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name.

- Pete Postlethwaite

It's like coming back to the womb. I'm coming back to my mum and it's wonderful to see her. It's the best space in the world. If it wasn't for this p…

- Pete Postlethwaite