Penn Badgley
Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgleyis an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on The CW's series Gossip Girland has also starred in a number of films, including John Tucker Must Die, The Stepfather, Easy A, Margin Call, and Greetings from Tim Buckley. He is currently the lead singer for Brooklyn-based indie band Mother...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 November 1986
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curious person.
I've always loved music. I listen to music the way a lot of actors watch movies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I don't believe in auditioning. I'm a bad auditioner. I don't like it.
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.
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.
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.