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MTV: How are you dealing with the franchise's explosion into a full-blown phenomenon?

Robert Pattinson: I guess it's inevitable that you become more comfortable. You still fight against some things, but there's nothing really scary about it. I like all the people I work with. I generally have very few disagreements about the script or anything when we're doing it, especially on "New Moon." It just seemed so relaxed and easy. I mean, I've been on three different sets since January 14th. I've had, like, three days off. [So when people ask me,] "Has your life changed?" I don't know. I'm still on set. I'm going to be on set all next year as well. As for [running] errands and things, I don't know what that really is like, because I haven't had a sustained period of time where I've been off. ... I still feel like I'm pretty much exactly the same, which is maybe not a good thing.

MTV: Tell us about what was going through your mind during the pivotal scene where you break up with Bella.

Pattinson: It's strange, but something weird about it [is that I was helped by] people's anticipation of the movie and fans' idea of what Bella and Edward's relationship is, what it represents to them. Playing a scene where you're breaking up the ideal relationship, I felt a lot of the weight behind that, and also it took away your fear of melodrama as well. It felt seismic, if that's the right word, even when we were doing it. It was very much like [shooting the Italy] scene at the end [of the movie]. You can really feel the audience watching as you're doing it.

MTV: What personality traits do you share with Edward?

Pattinson: I guess stubbornness, in some ways about some things. He's pretty self-righteous too. And I guess I get quite obsessive about things — possessive as well, I think.

MTV: What are you obsessive about?

Pattinson: Well, I do have very, very specific ideas about how I want to do my work and how I want to be perceived — to the point of ridiculousness, sometimes. I don't listen to anyone else. That's why I don't have a publicist or anything. I can't stand it if someone is trying to tell me to do something, which is maybe a mistake sometimes. But I like being meticulous, and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control.

MTV: And how does the "Twilight" saga fit into that meticulousness?

Pattinson: Well, that's a good thing about the "Twilight" series. It does give you a lot more control over tiddly little things, which I want to have. I'm a control freak about it.

MTV: In a no-holds-barred fight between yourself and Taylor Lautner, who wins?

Pattinson: I don't know. I did hear the other day that Taylor had agreed to an interview where the interviewer was going to fight him. I don't think I'd ever agree to that. Also, looking at Taylor's martial-arts videos from when he was, like, 9, I wouldn't really want to do anything [to make him angry]. Maybe if I had some kind of weapon. But if Edward and Jacob [fought], I think it's actually a fact that Edward would win — I think, if I read the books correctly. So I guess I could hold onto that for my ego.

MTV: Love plays such a major role in these films, and so many fans want what happens onscreen to happen in real life. How do you separate what happens in movies from real life with women you're casted opposite?

Pattinson: You've always got to remember that you're being paid and that there's a lot of connotations that come with that. I think that's one of the major separations. Yeah, I think so.

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New Interview With Rob Vikend (Slovenia)

The interview is from Vikend's(Slovenia) Nov 28th issue

Robert Pattinson, New Moon

Sexiest Man?

I'm not even a Man yet!

Los Angeles is full of covers of Robert Pattinson, 23 year old Londoner who became a new sex symbol practically overnight. After closed screening of New Noon, the sequel of phenomenon Twilight, we met Robert and co-star Kristen Stewart at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Every step we were followed by their personal PR people and by people from agency that organized interviews. And we were warned: "No personal questions. We are here to promote the movie." Okay. Anyway, we asked Robert about OK magazine, the actual cover was about their breakup, he smiled and said: "Gossip doesn't affect my career..." We can tell you, dear female fans, Robert is not as pale as Edward and his lips are not that red either.

How many girls asked you to bite their neck today?

(laughter) I have to disappoint you. I'm surrounded by bodyguards at all times and they practically carry me in and out, so I have almost no idea what is going on outside.

How do you handle instant fame, media interest and fan pressure?

Sometimes it is unpleasant, all those interviews, army of fans, magazine covers... At the beginning it was nerve wrecking, I tried to hide, but why bother? I have no intention to hate my life. I try to accommodate as much as I could.

Can you walk the street without being stampeded by an army of female fans?

Not really. Well, I don't even have time. I work a lot these days and I don't know what is happening in real world, I'm spending all my time on movie sets or hotels or on airplanes anyway. Big cities surprise me sometimes. Recently I've been in Tokyo and I went for a walk and no one recognized me and it was strange, since I was the only white person on the street...

Maybe all white people seem alike to them.... (Gozde: a touchdown by the interviewer :))

(laughter) Maybe. But it was a great experience, opposite to New York where I was making a movie recently. I had eight bodyguards there and they were walking along me on my way from trailer to movie set, but one day there was such a crowd that we had to actually run away - they were pulling me around, pushing, it was a mess. We had to hire additional ten body guards so I went to work every day surrounded by eighteen enormous guys. That was surrealistic.

Are you afraid of all the craziness around you?

Hysteric masses of people can be scary. I think everyone would feel bad in a situation where you have no control, where you can't do anything to calm the situation. People in this kind of situations are in a state of kind of hysteric hypnotic madness. Einstein was right when he said that human civilization is the most dangerous when it moves in masses.

As a teenager, were you never obsessed with a star?

I don't remember being obsessed, but I remember the huge impact the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest had on me. I started to dress like Jack Nicholson and I started to mimic him and it lasted some time. But I wasn't crazy over him or sat in front of his house.

Were you ever in love with an actress?

Maybe.... I don't know... I always liked Patricia Arquette, I think I was in love with her as a teenager, she wasn't very inspiring (laughter). Hm, it looks like I was a little lost as a teenager as well (laughter)....

Your parents are probably very proud of you?

Very! And they are a little surprised by my reaction to my success, I don't experience it as they are. They are impressed by it, everything is so fantastic to them, mom reads everything about me (laughter). I still think that everything is a lucky coincidence. I never wanted to be famous, I didn't plan big things in my life, so everything is strange to me. I still adapt and still think what to do with everything.(Gozde: Hi Mama P. :))

Mom believes everything she reads about you?

Unfortunately yes! She blindly believes everything she reads, even the bad stuff. When I try to explain her it's the tabloid magazines' imagination, she says: I know you, I know what you are like! (laughter)!

So she doesn't believe you and Kristen Stewart aren't a couple?

Like the rest of the world doesn't... (laughter) Well, I explained her that! (Gozde: Oh man! Now I wanna know!*stumps foot* I hate when other people know something I don't. To be a fly on the wall when he explained her "that" :))

So we can't ask you about this ?

You can, but the answer will be the same as it was at the beginning of the conversation.

Are you and Kristen good friends?

Very, but only that! (laughter) As a team we are very close, because we are together all the time, making movies one after another. We are of the same age and we think alike, so we encounter the fame that happened to us together.(Gozde: Uhoh...let the fighting begin. Analyze this sentence to the last drop of your blood :)) #DebateTillYouDie :)

Are you worried that the role of Edward will always follow you as a shadow in your acting carer?

Not really. Anyway, it's too late to think about it after I signed for four movies of the series.(Gozde: yeah he did say 4 movies! Wooohooo! :)) It's normal that the audience see me as Edward, they watch me in this role all the time. I have to be patient, I make other movies too and I believe audience will see me as a different person. If they will see me as Edward in twenty years, it's possible I'll have to murder someone (laughter)!

So, you don't regret accepting that role?

There are good and bad sides of everything. Of course I don't regret it, but everything isn't perfect either. If no one knows who you are, it is difficult to land a role and it sucks because you feel like a loser. When you become someone, everyone expects a miracle from you, big roles, big movies, big hits, and it is not easy because it is a big responsibility, big pressure. It's always the best to be in the middle.

What can we expect from the third movie, Eclipse, you wrapped that movie?

Yes, recently, we are preparing for the fourth part. Expect more characters, more interaction among main characters, relation between Edward and Jacob, fighting for Bella's affection is

accentuated. There is a war between vampires and humans, there will be more action, the movie will be a spectacle.

During making movies you probably don't have enough time for music, which is a big passion of yours; you've written two songs for Twilight?

Yes, I put music aside for a while. Acting and music are important for me, but it's difficult to do both of them simultaneously. I try and play some music or write new songs during movie breaks. I'll try to record something later this year....

Is this the announcement of your record?

I don't know... Maybe (laughter).

Well, girls will go crazy if you become a rocker!

That's true! Women love rock stars! (laughter)

What's necessary for a woman to impress you?

Money! there's never enough of it! (laughter)

Besides that?

A lot of patience! (Gozde: I have the patience of a saint and I'll try to make more money from now on ;))

Why?

I'm not the easiest person. I'm stubborn and I don't like people to tell me what to do; if people order me around I become irritable and evil.(Gozde: Typical Taurus :))

Describe a perfect date....

Uffff..... I don't know, I'm not very good in dating as dating is understood in America.

What do you mean?

In England, having a date means going out with your boyfriend or a girlfriend. Here in America, everybody goes on a date as if it is nothing special. "I went out with three guys this week..." Yes, you are a whore then, right? (laughter)

You know, you are being compared to Leonardo Di Caprio?

So stupid! It's not fair to him, my god, he was an Oscar nominee when he was eleven years old! (Di Caprio was nominated for an Oscar at twenty for the first time , author's remark)

What about being called the sexiest man alive?

That's even more ridiculous, I'm not even a real man yet!

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Times Online Interview

Rob rehashes his doubts and fears in this interview with Times Online:

Twilight star, Robert Pattinson, finds fame hard to digest

He’s the heart-throb for a zillion teenage girls but the British actor Robert Pattinson, star of the vampire Twilight films, is far from relishing his new-found fame, according to an interview he granted Vanity Fair. With New Moon, the latest instalment of the vampire saga released in cinemas later this month, the 23-year-old is “trying not to drown”.

Confined to his hotel room at the San Diego Hard Rock hotel because of the legions of screaming girls who mob him everywhere he goes, he says: “I’m not much of a crowd person.” In fact his biggest worry is whether his “ass crack is showing” when he’s being pursued by paparazzi. “I’m unbearably self-conscious about stuff,” he says.

Of course, none of this would have happened to Pattinson had it not been for the novelist Stephenie Meyer’s blockbusters, a series that tells the story of Bella Swan, who falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire since 1918, who will be a 17-year-old for eternity. Were he to bite her she would turn into a vampire as well.

The films, like the books, look set to be a money-spinning, rip-roaring success. But Pattinson’s road to stardom was far from smooth. He grew up in Barnes, London, son of a father who had a car importing business and a mother who worked at a modelling agency. Briefly he tried modelling but “I was terrible”, he says. “I was really tall but still looked like a six-year-old.”

His passion for acting started at the Barnes theatre club, where he acquired an agent, who landed him a part in a film adaptation of Vanity Fair. Next came a role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and then a part in a West End play from which he got fired. Specialising in playing “weirdos” he picked himself up and compiled an audition tape that he sent off to the casting directors of Twilight.

The rest is history. Except that he still hasn’t worked out how to capitalise on his dreamboat status. His Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner, who plays his love rival Jacob Black, is “completely handling it”, said Pattinson. “I’m just freaking out all the time. I’m going to end up hitting people and stuff and looking like an idiot.”

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Rob Discusses His Future Movie Roles

In this HitFix article Robert Pattinson discusses his future project Unbound Captives, and how Twilight has made him a viable commodity in the entertainment franchise. Here is what Robert had to say:

Robert Pattinson discusses pre-'Breaking Dawn' projects

Before the fourth 'Twilight' film, Pattinson plans 'Bel Ami' and 'Unbound Captives'

Even if none of the other actors at Friday's (Nov. 6) "Twilight Saga: New Moon" press day knew when Summit hopes to shoot the franchise's fourth installment, Robert Pattinson has "Breaking Dawn" on his schedule.

"I think the tentative time for 'Breaking Dawn' is fall of next year," Pattinson says of the project, currently without a script or a director. "I think. They may well change that."

While Pattinson sounds far from sure about that timetable, he knows he has projects he wants to get to first. Although Pattinson joked to reporters that he only had three days off in 2009, his 2010 sounds no clearer.

After spending the next couple months promoting "New Moon" around the world, Pattinson is hoping to start production on "Bel Ami," an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story, in February.

After that, the once-and-future Edward Cullen is hoping to transition directly into "Unbound Captives," a period Western co-starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz and representing the featuring directing debut of actress Madeline Stowe.

"I play a kid who was kidnapped by Comanches when it was four years old and brought up by them and then his mother spends her entire life trying to find me and my sister," Pattinson explains to reporters. "And when she finds us, we can't know who she is or anything about the Western culture she grew up in. I speak in Comanche the whole movie. You can't really be more different from Edward."

He adds, "I actually signed on to that after I did 'Twilight,' but in the summer, a couple months after I finished. It was really before anything had happened. It was just a cool script... It reminds me in a lot of ways of 'Giant.'"

Pattinson knows that he's in a very particular place in his career. Since doing "Twilight" and becoming a worldwide star, he's only shot one film outside of the franchise, 2010's "Remember Me," while the release of "Little Ashes," shot pre-"Twilight," stirred up negligible box office buzz.
"I'm still a little bit blind as to what my actual economic viability is outside of the series," Pattinson admits.

Suddenly, he's a big enough star that parts are getting thrown at him, but that's produced a new level of wariness.

"It's definitely different, because you get offered stuff that you'd never dreamed of getting offered before, but that's scary as well, because you don't have to audition for anything, so you're like, 'Well I don't want to do a movie just because it gets made,'" he says.

Pattinson adds, "Before 'Twilight,' I did any movie I got and you try to do the best of it, but now you're expected to go come into the movie and provide not only economic viability, but performance as well because people are like 'You can't just mess around. We're employing you to be a star and an actor.' It's difficult and it's scary."

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opens on Nov. 20.

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Rob talks pre-Breaking Dawn and Unbound Captives

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Even if none of the other actors at Friday's (Nov. 6) "Twilight Saga: New Moon" press day knew when Summit hopes to shoot the franchise's fourth installment, Robert Pattinson has "Breaking Dawn" on his schedule.

 

"I think the tentative time for 'Breaking Dawn' is fall of next year," Pattinson says of the project, currently without a script or a director. "I think. They may well change that."

 

While Pattinson sounds far from sure about that timetable, he knows he has projects he wants to get to first. Although Pattinson joked to reporters that he only had three days off in 2009, his 2010 sounds no clearer. 

 

After spending the next couple months promoting "New Moon" around the world, Pattinson is hoping to start production on "Bel Ami," an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story, in February. 

 

After that, the once-and-future Edward Cullen is hoping to transition directly into "Unbound Captives," a period Western co-starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz and representing the featuring directing debut of actress Madeline Stowe.

 

"I play a kid who was kidnapped by Comanches when it was four years old and brought up by them and then his mother spends her entire life trying to find me and my sister," Pattinson explains to reporters. "And when she finds us, we can't know who she is or anything about the Western culture she grew up in. I speak in Comanche the whole movie. You can't really be more different from Edward."

 

He adds, "I actually signed on to that after I did 'Twilight,' but in the summer, a couple months after I finished. It was really before anything had happened. It was just a cool script... It reminds me in a lot of ways of 'Giant.'"

 

Pattinson knows that he's in a very particular place in his career. Since doing "Twilight" and becoming a worldwide star, he's only shot one film outside of the franchise, 2010's "Remember Me," while the release of "Little Ashes," shot pre-"Twilight," stirred up negligible box office buzz.

 

"I'm still a little bit blind as to what my actual economic viability is outside of the series," Pattinson admits.

 

Suddenly, he's a big enough star that parts are getting thrown at him, but that's produced a new level of wariness. 

 

"It's definitely different, because you get offered stuff that you'd never dreamed of getting offered before, but that's scary as well, because you don't have to audition for anything, so you're like, 'Well I don't want to do a movie just because it gets made,'" he says.

 

Pattinson adds, "Before 'Twilight,' I did any movie I got and you try to do the best of it, but now you're expected to go come into the movie and provide not only economic viability, but performance as well because people are like 'You can't just mess around. We're employing you to be a star and an actor.' It's difficult and it's scary."

 

Fan 2 Magazine Rob Interview

Translation

Q: What’s the difference between Twilight and New Moon?

First of all production isn’t the same at all. As far as images and lightning goes, both movies are very different, they weren’t filmed the same way. I’d also say that the story of New Moon is much darker and masculine. The atmosphere is a bit more aggressive, less romantic. We’re far from Twilight where the heart of the story was Edward and Bella meeting, the beginning of their relationship, their passion…

Q: How did your meeting with the New Moon Director go?

Very well! He’s a great guys. He didn’t come on set the first day and say “We’re changing everything!” He adapted to what we had already done and brought his own personal touch to our characters and to the story. It was nice to work with him, we liked his ideas from the start.

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Q: Where did filming take place?

Always in Vancouver and the surrounding areas. We spent a few days in Italy also.

Q: Is Jacob the hero of New Moon?

Yes, this time he’s carrying the movie.

Q: Are you jealous?

Absolutely not, quite the opposite actually. I’m happy for him… and for me. I had much less pressure this time around, therefore I was much more relaxed. No more stress. Having the lead role isn’t always easy to deal with. I was extremely nervous when we filmed Twilight. Now it’s Taylor’s turn, it’s great! (Laughs.)

Q: Has success gone to your head?

No, well I hope not! (laughs.) That being said, I’m not the same as I was when I started playing Edward. It’s normal, everyone changes.

Q: Have you gotten used to the craziness surrounding Twilight?

Not really… In each country, each city we go, to promote the movie, the reaction of the public is indescribable. Everyone yells and screams, there’s thousands of fans that wait for us at airports, hotels, restaurants… You can’t get used to that type of craziness, but you can’t fight it, because it wouldn’t change anything.

Q: What do you like the most about being an actor?

I like picking roles that are the opposite of what I am in real life. What’s most interesting is being able to express emotions and reactions in a movie that you couldn’t do in real life. It’s obviously the case for Twilight, but also for Little Ashes and Remember Me, the last movies I played in.

Q: Is it true that your coming to France soon?

Yes, I’m going to shoot Bel Ami, a new project. It should take place in January 2010. I can’t wait to be there and to come visit you.

Q: Did you know the book before taking the role?

Yes, Bel Ami is one of my favourite books. I know the story by heart. I’ll play the role of Georges Duroy, the main character. The script is great. I know that it’s going to be a great movie. I can’t wait to start filming.

Q: Have you ever wanted to quit anything?

There’s good and bad in every line of work. You have to know when to let go. I have to admit that at the beginning it drove me a bit crazy, but I realized that I couldn’t do anything. Anyways I spend the majority of my time on movie sets, not in the middle of sea of fans.

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Interview with PFach: Rob has A Blessing and A Curse

Wonderful interview with the always classy Peter Facinelli who, at around 8:20, talks about Rob's dealing with his fame.  Courtesy of RPLife.

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We know you as a very shy person. Aren’t you too stressed out about the millions of fans who have eyes only for you?
Yes, but as everybody would, I think. Sometimes is embarrassing. But I’m aware that I’m playing some sort of ideal man. I try to take it to any opposite view, to break this image of the perfect man or to be more relaxed over the whole pressure. Edward is a very lonely person. At first he doesn’t want any relationship with Bella and doesn’t want to hurt her. This is more emphasized in the book that in the film.

Does all the madness around you make you afraid?
I especially fear the extreme behavior of some fans. Once, a mom made me hold her baby and pretend that I was going to bite her head, so she could be immortal too, like me. Not to mention dozens of girls who want me to bite her neck! People sometimes try to ambush me and try to figure out how long I’ll stay in a hotel, waiting for me in the halls, shouting as soon as I appear. Some fans just want to touch my hair, others want to kiss me. It’s very surreal.
Fortunately, most of the time, it’s not as scary. People project their ideas of the characters and think sometimes that we are them, when we’re not.

You play a character who is very handsome, but at the same time he’s scary. Is it hard to play that?
Yes, playing a vampire and keeping the power of attraction is very difficult. I tend to wrap my head too much around too many things. I’m a very stressful person. On my first movie, The Goblet of Fire, I was so sick I threw up all the time. All the time I was told: “Don’t do it like this! don’t do it like this!”. In New Moon, I’m a lot less stressed. Fortunately! I’m starting to get used to it.

Did you know about the books by Stephenie before being offered the role?
No. I just read he script, I didn’t know there were books. The only reason I went to audition was because I saw Into The Wild with Kristen and became a fan (laughs). I was a little embarrassed when I got the role. In the book, Edward is a mystery and he represents everything a perfect man should be. And I felt like a complete idiot auditioning for that. It’s rather cheeky when you think about it. But I don’t regret anything.

3rd Part of Elle Interview with Rob

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Rob Interview with New Zealand Herald

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"One of the weirdest days was when we started shooting New Moon at this high school, in Canada. The school was still open, so there were kids everywhere," recalls Pattinson. "We did this scene, where we were just walking around the corridors but, after every take, all the kids started applauding. It was the same whenever a class came out after a lesson: they'd all clap. That was really bizarre - one of the strangest days ever."

He's also bemused by the frequent comparisons made between him, Jude Law and Leonardo DiCaprio - who personally endorsed Pattinson's burgeoning career and teen heartthrob status by declaring; "finally there's someone to take that burden off me".

"When I heard Leonardo DiCaprio had said that, I just thought; 'Wow, that's so cool,' because that guy's had the best career of any young actor," enthuses Pattinson. "You can virtually guarantee anything he's in will be good. That's the type of career I'd like to have too."

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James Jagger Video: Rob mentioned

Mick Jagger and Gerri Hall's son went to drama school with Robert Pattinson. Be patient, Rob comes toward the end of the video :)





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Robert Pattinson Sound Bite with Elle Sweden

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Rob Nominated for BBC Switch Live Awards

The best of the British for 2009. Good luck Rob! :)

BBC Switch Live is back with an awesome line-up presented by Nick Grimshaw and Kimberley Walsh. But this isn't just an opportunity to rock out to your fave artists, oh no! This year we're going to celebrate the best of BRITISH talent from the past year, oh yes! We need you to cast your vote below - it's down to you to decide the winner. You have one vote per category, so make it count folks!

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