Am I delusional? Or does his behavior indicate interest?

I said to my friend (29M) basically, "You think I'm attractive?" And he said "Cute, but you're not my type" which I found shocking because

1) other people have thought he was interested in me,

2) I've noticed him staring at me even in group settings and he doesn't look away when I make eye contact back. This includes a time me and my partner were out with his and date but he kept watching me over her shoulder--maybe he was just paying attention so our group didn't get separated? But it felt like he was monitoring my reaction.

3) he has made flirty/sexual jokes involving me, multiple times (ex: jokingly suggested I dance up on the woman he was dating, I accidentally said "blowjob" in his native language and he smirked and said "I accept"). He got bashful when he said I'm pretty,

4) I have the body type that he likes (we've talked about everything lol, he showed me an example of what he likes and I realized it's my body type but I tend to dress in a way that hides my body, so I think he thinks I'm bigger than I actually am.)

5) he got really excited when I showed up to an event that he thought I wouldn't be able to attend.

There are more but that's off the top of my head and don't give too much identifiable information.

The last three women he dated/was interested in dating did not match "his type" but he liked them anyway--they were all lovely, his "type" is pretty picky.

So either there is something else about me that he finds particularly unattractive (personality or otherwise..), or he was not being fully honest because I'm technically not single (at the time of this conversation, I was separated).

\*\*Am I crazy to think his behaviors indicated he was interested in me?\*\*

I'm having a hard time finding things I don't like about this man, and if there is any chance we would work, I can't force myself to fully let go of the idea. I've tried to kill my feelings for him but it's been very unsuccessful. Advice? He lives in a different state right now so I'm already not physically around him.

TL;DR my friend really acted like he was interested in me but said he isn't? Am I crazy to be surprised by this based on his actions?