NEW Robert Pattinson Interview in "Pilot" Magazine (Slovenia) Filed under ( Interview, Pilot, Robert Pattinson )

Translation by Darja for ROBsessed:


Stubborn as a bull in more than one way
Robert Pattinson on his role, suffering and human side of Edward Cullen

by Robert Wise

Robert Pattinson, handsome 23 year old British actor probably doesn't need a special introduction. Only a short one will do: he's the vampire from Twilight who conquered so many hearts. He is also the man who knows what he is talking about. It's a pleasure talking to him and one can see he is not an airhead, what we can occasionally say for some other celebrities. In New Moon he once again gives us an excellent performance of the mysterious Edward Cullen. It was easier this time, he says.
Do you like interviews?

I don' mind them. But it's true: foreign journalists are better than American. They follow questions and answers, while American tend to make you say whatever their editor wants to hear. It would be better to have a list of things they want me to say and I would just say them. So they could always be content.
What was the most frequent question asked in the last few days?

They kept asking me if we were doing practical jokes during making the movie. They want to know that concerning every movie. Do you make practical jokes while sitting in your office? (Gozde: You mean like poking your coworkers with a sharp stick? Sure...All the time :))


What do they have in common

Once you said that you and Edward, your character in the movie, share stubbornness.

I am stubborn as a bull in more than one way. Sometimes it looks like I nag people to do this or that. But this is not something to talk about, I've been like that forever. I wouldn't say I pick people, I'm like that with everyone. But I don't like it. I am too much hair-splitting!

Edward is a mysterious, mystic boy. Can you think of yourself as such?

I try to. There are people in real life we can describe as mysterious, but I wouldn't describe myself like that. I'm telling you this to show you that it's actually hard to play a mysterious man. Where do I take it from? Maybe from a feeling, that you don't know exactly who you really are. I think this is as close as possible to being mysterious.

In New Moon, Edward suffers a lot. How did you prepare yourself for such suffering?

After I read the sequel of Twilight I saw myself in the story instantly - I saw a human Edward. After first reading I knew how to play him. In first movie we got to know Edward's character, in second we explain more about him. In a way, I didn't bother to think about it very much. I spent so much more time preparing for the role for the first movie.


It came by itself?

Yes, I knew exactly what I was doing.


Do you think Edward is a freak?

I wouldn't say so. Well, if you act like him in a real world, people might think of you as a freak but he is not a freak in his head, especially not in this movie. We can easily find ourselves in his story.
You are a big music fan. Do you listen to specific music before you turn into Edward?

No. I did in the first movie. I listened to composer Georgy Ligeti and it helped.

Partly it was because of director Chris Weitz, he created the environment in which we were liberated and free to express and experiment. Even if I acted in a scene completely different, he didn't complain. He was accepting for everything and I didn't feel like I needed something else. The good side of the music is that it puts you into the moment even before the shoot, but that's when someone expects everything from the actor in the first shoot. Chris wasn't like that. He let the scenes evolve naturally. It wasn't like that the first time.

Twilight is getting bigger and bigger

In a recent press junket you said no one could imagine how big Twilight would be. Are you still surprised? It looks like you handle it well.

Haha, it's a good mask. In reality I'm still surprised. About five months after the first movie the popularity stepped up and it was unusual, since there was no real reason. Now Twilight is even bigger. I read interviews where celebrities are being asked about it and they are left numb and surprised. Even the journalists don't know why they ask those types of questions . Probably they know that every mention of Twilight increases the number of clicks on the internet. Isn't that strange?


Are there days when you regret accepting the role?

No. In a way, it's nice. There are good and bad sides. I think there wasn't a moment I said to myself that I'm sorry. It's unhealthy, meaningless thinking. On the other way I don't say to myself that I'm happy because of it, that I live in paradise. You think about before, being an unemployed actor , going to auditions and being angry for being turned down on a base of not being famous enough, not being bankable enough.

Then you are a little famous and you get a job and they expect the audience to go see the movie and they expect a certain performance from you. They expect you to be an actor, a movie star, a moneymaker. Everything becomes crazy. You can't do little things, because there has to be 25 bodyguards around you at all times.

What about make-up? Do you like having a mask?

I made a movie Remember Me, it was between New Moon and Eclipse, and I was a regular guy with regular requests. It was when I said to myself I'm not going to wear make-up. I don't want them. They really didn't put make-up on me and it was a relief. Trust me, it's a terrible feeling when you touch a face and you don't feel a thing because of make-up. Even if it's just a cream, the feeling is different. Your hands feel different, they feel numb. Then you have to add contact lenses and other stuff. Actually, you are no more.


Do you practice combat sports before the shoot?

I did a lot of boxing, but that's it, and only because of condition and figure maintenance. There is some spirituality in boxing: if you walk the street after the practice, you feel different, less vulnerable. It was the main reason for doing it.(Gozde: Uhoh :) Stalkers beware!)


Special scene


Is there a special scene for you in a movie?

I'd say it's a scene before the break up, in front of Bella's house. It was a great experience. Kristen Stewart and I remade the scene the night before the shoot. I went to the director's and suggested the changes. He changed the lighting and we made the scene according to our wishes and the scene is in the movie now. It's a really great feeling to create something and then see it in a final product.


It looks like you draw the short end in this movie?

I'm great at this. I can act it very realistically, haha.


What do you mean?

It's easier being beaten than acting like a brute.


Your costar Kristen says she is sometimes mistaken for her character. Does this happen to you? Do people know you aren't a vampire or do they call "Hey, Edward" ?

Many people don't know my real name and they call me Edward. Before the premiere of the first movie, some people treated me as if I was a character from the movie. Strange feeling. But it hasn't happened in a long time.

Is there an actor you consider you role model?

No, there isn't. But I always liked Joaquin Phoenix and Ryan Gossling.

ROBsessed note: From our inquiries we learned that Robert Wise is a journalist who works for Wenn agency and the magazine got the interview through the agency and translated it. The interview wasn't made exclusively for the magazine so it is possible it was published by some other agency's client.


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Interview with Xavier Samuel, mentions Rob Filed under ( Interview, Xavier Samuel )

Australia’s Adelaide Now has a new interview with Xavier, whi will play Riley in Eclipse.
DRESSED in jeans and scuffed boots and climbing out of a beaten-up Ford Falcon, Xavier Samuel looked like any other young bloke when he turned up for his city hair appointment on Thursday.
That was only because the hordes of teenage girls who have been following his every move on the internet for the past few months were nowhere to be seen – they didn’t even know he was in town.
International paparazzi have hounded the former Adelaide drama student since he landed a role in the third Twilight movie, Eclipse, which completed filming in Canada two months ago.
Due to be released next June, the film, which also stars Twilight leads Kristen Stewart and heart-throb Robert Pattinson, is set to make Samuel, 25, a major Hollywood star.
This week he was enjoying some downtime in his home town, where he caught up with mates at Rundle St spots The Exeter and Sugar nightclub, before spending Christmas relaxing with his mum Maree and dad Clifford, brother Benedict, 21, and sister Bridget, 28.
“It’s a bizarre thing, the whole celebrity phenomenon,” Samuel told the Sunday Mail.
“But to see it in action is another thing. It’s a little strange having someone follow you to get a coffee.
“I wasn’t used to that sort of attention, so I just took it in my stride, I guess.
“I think Robert and Kristen do a really good job in dealing with fans.
“They seem to handle it really well, so if I can take a leaf out of their book I should be OK.

Life in the US has also given Samuel a chance to catch up with fellow Adelaide actor Teresa Palmer, a former castmate from the local indy film 2:37.
“Teresa and I actually spent Halloween in LA together,” he said.
“It was my first Halloween and I went as a Canadian because I just came back from Vancouver. It just involved me putting on a cap, I didn’t really put a lot of effort in. It was either that or go as a Playboy bunny.”
Samuel may have a celebrity lifestyle, but he certainly doesn’t have a car to match – he bought his canary yellow Falcon with Benedict for just $500.
After the New Year, the two are planning to drive it to Sydney, where Benedict is studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
“The car only has a tape deck, so that’s what we’ve been asking everyone for Christmas – car tapes,” he laughed.
“We were listening to a fair bit of ’50s rock and roll on the way here.”
Meanwhile, Samuel has an obvious tip for Twilight fans wanting the inside scoop on the new film: “If you want to know what happens in the movie, just read the book.”


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Adelaide Now har en ny intervju med Xavier, kommer whi spela Riley i Eclipse.

Klädd i jeans och skråmat stövlar och klättrar ut ur en misshandlad-up Ford Falcon, såg Xavier Samuel som vilken annan ung kille när han dök upp för sin stad hår utnämningen på torsdag.

Det är endast för att horder av tonårsflickor som har följt hans varje rörelse på internet för de senaste månaderna har synts till - att de inte ens visste att han var i stan.

Internationella paparazzi har förföljts fd Adelaide drama student sedan han landade en roll i den tredje filmen Twilight, Eclipse, som slutförde inspelningen i Kanada för två månader sedan.

Kommer att släppas i juni nästa år, filmen, som också stars Twilight leder Kristen Stewart och hjärt-dunka Robert Pattinson, är satt att göra Samuel, 25, en stor Hollywood-stjärna.

Denna vecka var han uppvisar vissa driftstopp i sin hemstad, där han ikapp med kompisar på Rundle St fläckar Den Exeter och socker nattklubb, innan utgifterna avkopplande jul med sin mamma Maree och pappa Clifford, broder Benedict, 21, och syster Birgitta, 28 .

"Det är en bisarr sak, hela kändis fenomen, säger Samuel Sunday Mail.

Men för att se den i aktion är en annan sak. Det är lite konstigt att ha någon som följer dig att få en kopp kaffe.

"Jag var inte van vid den sortens uppmärksamhet, så jag bara tog den i mina steg, antar jag.

"Jag tror att Robert och Kristen göra ett riktigt bra jobb i hanteringen av fans.

"De verkar hantera det riktigt bra, så om jag kan ta ett blad ur sin bok Jag skulle vara OK."

Livet i USA har också gett Samuel en chans att komma ikapp med andra Adelaide skådespelare Teresa Palmer, en före detta castmate från den lokala Indy filmen 2:37.

"Teresa och jag verkligen varit Halloween i LA tillsammans, sade han.

"Det var min första Halloween och jag gick som en kanadensisk eftersom jag just kommit tillbaka från Vancouver. Det bara är involverade jag sätta på en mössa, jag har inte riktigt lagt ner mycket arbete i. Det var antingen det eller gå som en Playboy bunny. "

Samuel kan ha en kändis livsstil, men han säkerligen inte har en bil till match - han köpte sin kanariefågel gula Falcon med Benedict för bara $ 500.

Efter nyår är de två planerar att köra det till Sydney, där Benedikt studerar vid National Institute of Dramatic Arts.

"Bilen har bara en bandspelare, så det är vad vi har frågat alla för julen - bil band, skrattar han.

"Vi fick lyssna till en rättvis lite '50s rock and roll på vägen hit."

Samtidigt har Samuel en uppenbar tips för Twilight fans vill insidan nyheterna om den nya filmen: "Om du vill veta vad som händer i filmen, bara läst boken."

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New Rob Interview by Fotogramas Filed under ( Fotogramas, Interview, Robert Pattinson )

Fotogramas just published their complete interview with Rob. Here’s the complete interview and full translation featuring new quotes.

What scene in New Moon left a nice memory to you?

Probably the Volterra scene, where I have to step into the light. There were many extras and many fans there. Some fans traveled across the world to be there.

Why was it so important?

I felt a huge sense of responsability, being in front of so many that are so obsessed with this story. It was nevre wrecking, but I never felt closer to the character before this.

What about the scene where your character leaves Bella?

It was strange, but the fans helped.To them, Bella and Edward’s relationship is ideal. You can feel the weight of the pressure.


Is there anything you have in common with Edward?

I guess. Sometimes I can be very dumb too. And I’m very possessive and obsessive like him.

What are you obsessed about?

Um…

Your privacy?

In a way, yes (laughs). How am I obsessive? I guess I have very specific ideas as how I want my job to be, and how I want to be seen. I don’t pay attention to anyone, and I don’t have a publicist for that reason. I can’t stand the idea of someone telling me what to do. I’m very meticulous, and I want to be able to control everything on my own.
Have you gotten used to the Twilight phenomenon yet?

I’m still struggling, but I’m also more calm now. Filming is now scary, because I love the people I work with and I rarely have a problem with the script.

Do you like that your fans want to know more about you?

I think the best way to do that is through my work. Interviews are a risky thing because nobody is that interesting. But it’s also the fact that I still don’t know who I am. I don’t want to be just a character in society.


What’s the weirdest experience you’ve had with a fan?

There’s so many to tell, though now there’s fewer experiences because we have security now. One day a 90 year old woman came up to me, and it’s funny because she said the same things that 12 year olds say to me (laughs),

Has your life style changed a lot? How do you feel when you finally have the chance to leave the studio and live real life?

That is the problem. I never leave the set. Since January 14th I’ve been to thre different movie sets. I only had 3 days off. I can’t really say if my life has changed that much because I’m still inside a studio, and I will be next year too. But I feel like I’m the same person. Don’t know if that’s a good thing.

PART 2

And have you felt any changes in your career since Twilight?

I don’t know yet. I did a new movie that comes out next year (RM) and I’ve been offered jobs that used to only dream about. But it’s scary. I don’t have to audition anymore, but I don’t want to be in movies just for the sake of it.



Is it really scary?

Yes. You always wonder if you’ll be part of a super production, because without a movie like this, you won’t find a the jobs that you’re looking for. And then after making a movie like that, that has a very specific audience, people want to tell you how to reach the audience from then on. Thanks to that, there’s a lot of limitations. When nobody watches your movies, you have the luxury of doing whatever you want. There’s pros and cons in both sides of the situation.



Are you afraid that the success you have now thanks to Twilight will fade one day?

I’m working so much that it’s like I’m living in an alternate reality. The shooting schedules are so long that I feel like I’m a doctor. And the doctors I talk to about this say the same thing. It’s like you don’t know what’s going on outside of work because it keeps you away from your family and friends.



Love is the main subject in this movie. How do you not fall in love as much as you do in film?

Easy. I have to remind myself I get paid to do this (laughs). And with that, there’s plenty of other connotations. That’s one of the main differences.



Are you a very romantic person?

When I saw the movie Titanic I didn’t think it was a movie just for women. The only romantic thing I ever did was hide flowers for a girl, she thought it was anither guy and he didn’t correct her, so that didn’t turn out very good for me (he can’t stop laughing now).



Have you ever had your heart broken like Bella?

(he takes him time) I’m trying to think of a stupid response, but no (laughs). I can’t think of anything. No, I haven’t had my heart broken.




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Rob one of the Most Beautiful People of the Decade Filed under ( Interview, Robert Pattinson )

Interview Magazine has named Rob one of the most Beautiful People of the Decade

ROBERT PATTINSON


A bit of Brando, a twinge of Dean, the Twilight star possesses that slightly strange alien quality that turns brooding good looks into the iconic. He has just enough edge to make teens and tabloids go into "crazed hunter" mode—have you seen Robsessed?—but also a disarming, slightly crippling self-awareness. It's early yet for Pattinson, but we're eagerly awaiting part two of his entertaining saga.

On life before Twilight:

"We spent the better part of a year just getting drunk every night... "I don't know if that counts as ‘struggling.'"


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PHOTO BY MARK SEGAL, OCTOBER 2008

Anna Kendrick in interview with USA Today Filed under ( Anna Kendrick, Interview, usa today )

Traveling with the Stars: Anna Kendrick

By Kelly Carter, special for USA TODAY

Anna Kendrick, 24, just won a Golden Globe Awards supporting-actress nomination for Up in the Air, in which she appears with George Clooney. She also is in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, playing Bella's friend Jessica. She shares her travel highlights and tips with Kelly Carter for USA TODAY.


Q: Did you learn anything about traveling while making Up in the Air?
A: I'm getting better about going through security. I'm trying to be better about wearing slip-on shoes and not forgetting to take my laptop out of my suitcase. Traveling makes me a little nervous, because the actual act of being in an airport means you're completely at the mercy of other people.
Q: What's the sexiest place you've ever visited?
A: I thought Omaha, Neb., was pretty sexy. I swear to God. Conor Oberst (of Mystic Valley Band fame) came out of there, and where we were staying was near all these record shops and used T-shirt shops. They all had this kind of rock 'n' roll vibe. It was like every person walking down the street was going to be the next big thing. I've got a real thing for kind of rebellious, music-looking guys.
Q: Where have you been recently, and what did you like about it?
A: I went to London to do some press. They don't have a lot of foods that I'm used to having available at all times, but I did enjoy sticky toffee pudding, shepherd's pie and black pudding for the first time. Even though (the British) don't have a reputation for having the best food in the world, I definitely went on quite a binge.

Q: What's the first thing you do when you walk into a hotel room after checking in?

A: Check the bed. The most important thing in a hotel room to me is the bed and the shower. As long as you've got good pressure and a good bed, it doesn't really matter what else they've got. I've been in hotel rooms where there's, like, a chandelier in the shower. It really doesn't matter if the water pressure is not good. I'll get in the bed almost immediately and check it out to see if I'm going to have a good night's sleep.
Q: What's the most surprising/unexpected place you're ever visited?
A: Goshen, Ind. I shot a really, really, really small independent film there. There was a pretty strong Amish community, to the point where the Walmart had stables for horses. That was definitely interesting navigating roads with horses and buggies. There was one bar that we could go to at the end of the night. It was a really small community and it felt like that movie State and Main, where we completely took over the town. By the end, everybody knew who we were because we were one of the people working on the movie. Everybody else knew each other. It was like, "If you're an outsider you must be one of those movie people." I did see a little Amish boy playing with a Game Boy, but I didn't tattle on him.
Q: What's your favorite vacation spot?

A: Honestly, I can't remember the last time I was on vacation. But I really like Edinburgh. I went there when I was a teenager. I went during the Fringe festival and I've wanted to go back ever since. It was nice to be in a place where it felt like there was some history. I'm from Maine, and even Maine isn't that old. And certainly California is like the fetus of the world. It was nice to be in a place where it felt like things had really happened here and there was a real sense of history.
Q: Can you offer an insider tip or recommendation for your favorite vacation place?

A: It's not a vacation spot. But it was (in) a place I shot another movie. There's (an Irish pub) in Baltimore called Ryan's Daughter. Honestly, I can't even remember if the food was any good, but it was one of those places where we consistently had an amazing time and it felt like it had something to do with the environment and atmosphere.

New Interview/Photo of Nikki Reed For Venice Magazine! Filed under ( Interview, Kristen Stewart, magazine, Nikki Reed, Robert Pattinson, Venice )

"How have I changed?” Nikki Reed asks me. “I’m curious.” Reed her­self hasn’t changed in the year since we met to discuss the first Twilight movie. She is the same smart, outspoken, engaging girl she was when we met in September of 2008. But things around the actress, who plays Ros­alie, sister of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattin­son), in the hugely successful movie series, sure have changed. When we met in Sep­tember of last year we met sans any han­dlers in a Hollywood coffee house. A year plus later and we meet at the Four Seasons where I am greeted in the check-in suite by a swarm of industry-ites and there is as much security floating around the hotel as if Obama was in the building.


It’s strangely surreal, especially since at the media screening of Twilight: New Moon the night before, journalists were wanded every time they went in and out of the theater and all cell phones were banned. “Have you ever seen anything like this?” Reed wonders.

No, not really. But then Twilight is a new kind of phenomenon, combining the devotion of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fans with teen heartthrobs that send fans into pal­pitations a la New Kids on The Block. Add in the ability of fans, thanks to the internet, to monitor their heroes 24 hours a day and you have a full-fledged mania. It’s an odd world in which to find Reed, an actress who is sincere when she says she cares more about the work than stardom. And though she admits to finding the attention difficult she has a very clear head about it, something probably helped by the fact that she has already found herself the lightning rod of attention once before, when the superb Thirteen, a movie she co-penned and co-starred in, won praise for its gritty realistic look at the lives of teenagers in the ’90s.
Reed spoke with Venice about fame, deal­ing for the first time with paparazzi, making the most of her brief time on screen in New Moon, role models, and her dreams outside of Hollywood.
Venice: Talk about some of the opportu­nities that have opened up for you in the past year. Or have you even had time to enjoy them, you’ve been so busy.
Nikki Reed: It might take a couple of years before I can properly reflect on this whole thing. It’s been really crazy and everything is moving so fast that it’s hard to see it from an outside perspective. In terms of my approach to people, everything has changed. Like I went to New York and I had enough time to see Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman in their play and then I also saw Sienna Miller’s play. Hugh Jackman has kids and we all sort of met at the Teen Choice Awards, and I’m not a household name, I don’t think that I am, but if you mention the name Twilight now there’s an instant connection between you and whoever the person is in the world because they know what it is. And so it’s given me an opportunity to meet really cool actors that I idolize. You can say you’re in Twilight and they sort of get that maybe you get their insane world for half a second. And the cool thing is a lot of these actors have kids that love Twilight much more than they love their parents’ work because their parents are just their parents. But some really famous woman sent a letter to Rob saying, “Hey, will you sign something for my children? I’ve sent you some script covers to sign.” It’s just really incredible.
There’s a different level of warmth for Rosalie in this one I think.
Yeah, in the little second I’m there.
I like the second scene where you’re the one person to vote ‘no.’
Yeah, we saw a really rough cut up in Van­couver right before we shot this last one just to get a feel for what the second one looked like. But we were over-stimulated seeing this movie for the first time, so I don’t even remember what I did in that scene. When the beginning came it was too fast and then I was so into the middle that when my scene came at the end I wasn’t ready again. So I don’t know what I did or didn’t do in those scenes. But thank you.
[Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki’s Twilight co-star and good friend comments] That was a great moment, I agree.
And it’s also weird to be so focused on what you look like physically. I’ve never worked on a film where I’m as concerned with things that seem so superficial. But how we look is really important, especially when you’re playing these characters that people really feel a connection with. They feel like they know them and not just because they’ve seen them on the big screen, but before that. So you want to make sure you look right and it’s really frustrating because sometimes it feels like it’s out of your control. And it’s never gonna be perfect and the word perfect seems to me like a very common word that’s used when describing us and that throws you off as well. It’s like, “What is perfect?” I don’t know.
But when you’re a fan of both literature and film you have to have that separation.
I’m not trying to insult them, but I don’t know if you can call 12-year-olds big readers and fans of literature. I’m sure some of them are, but for some of them this is probably their first real book or series that they’ve ever connected to I think. It’s great that they’re 12 and they’re reading like 800-page books, and three or four of them, it’s wonderful. But I don’t know if they’re capable of separating yet. I read Memoirs of a Geisha and then I saw the film and then after that I sort of decided I wasn’t going to do that again. Although I’ve read the Twilight series and I have seen the movie. [laughs]
You also have the arc of changing.
You feel that too? Good. You’re the first person I’ve spoken to that’s actually talking to me, so that’s cool.
What does everybody keep asking you?
“Do you know Rob Pattinson? What’s it like working with him? Has he changed?” I love Rob, nothing to do with Rob. I’m just saying that’s what the public wants to know. It’s beyond that’s not what journalists are asking because they know that’s what will sell. That’s what they’re asking ’cause they want to know. That’s what they’re asking when their recorders are off. It’s a little weird.
After having dealt with all this for a year is it any easier?
No, it’s gotten worse because last year it was mostly just fans and I wasn’t used to it. And now there’s this weird element of paparazzi I don’t understand yet. So when we finished New Moon, I found a solution and it’s not the ideal solution because my team would like it if I did more of what some of the other cast members do, like go to Starbucks on a daily basis, get pho­tographed, and make it into Us Weekly. But I just don’t know how to function like that, regardless of what the general public thinks, which is also weird. To read what the general public thinks and then put it together with your real life, it’s amazing how wrong people can be. It’s amazing to me the public has sort of put together this idea of me — it’s mostly because it’s young girls and I play a character that is loved by so many people and maybe I’m not the exact person they wanted to play it, and so there’s a lot of criti­cism involved and I’m very outspoken. Quite frankly, I’m not like in a cookie cutter, I can’t give the answers that they want to hear. I’m just incapable, I’m not the type of girl you point in a direction and say, “Walk,” and she goes, because those are the people that tend to be the most successful, at least in the short term. And I don’t fit that, so unfor­tunately an opinion has been made and that’s fine. But when I got back from shoot­ing New Moon I lasted four days in L.A. and then I left and I moved to Europe, to Greece, for three months and I stayed until two days before I had to go shoot Eclipse ’cause it’s really not for me. It’s amazing how much it’s just not for me. I always sort of dip my toe in the water and then I run away like I’m afraid to swim. But I’m fascinated with it.
Are you fascinated with the work?
I love the work. What goes with it is just not for me. I’m too sensitive I’ve come to realize, and I like my life, actually living it, so much more than I enjoy sitting in a Four Sea­sons Hotel feeling really super glamorous and temporarily famous that I’d rather not lose my life and lose being 21 and back­packing and doing cool shit and making mis­takes so that I can be famous for five min­utes because of a really big movie that’s obviously, without putting it down, because I’m not, but like all things are, they’re popular for a certain period of time, even Titanic. It’s the work that comes after. So, to me, I always feel like by being in rooms like this, no offense to you please, but that I’m miss­ing out on my life I should be living and other areas that I want to explore and things I want to do. And every time I try to go back to school — I did go back to school for a little bit, but it’s like I can’t complete anything — I can’t actually devote any real attention to what I want to do ’cause then I have some­thing else.
So what do you want to do?
I want to be a kid, I want to be 21. I moved in with my dad in January, which was cool. I want to like live with my parents for a second and go to college and do what my brother did. You’re asking me my dream. I’m not saying this is ever going to happen, ’cause it’s just not right now. I’ve sort of missed that boat, but I wanna do what my brother did. I wanna take a semester abroad somewhere and live with a bunch of kids in community living wherever I am.
Is there anybody you look to for the long-term fame?
Yeah, Holly Hunter. She was the first per­son I worked with, so people expect it. It sounds really obvious, but she has the ideal career. She’s respected, she’s won an Oscar, people love her, but they don’t think about her. They don’t go to bed wondering what she’s eating for dinner like they do with Jen­nifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie. They just like her, and she works, and she makes a decent living; she has a beautiful family; she has a cool nanny, she’s got a great place in New York and a great place in L.A., and right now she’s on a show in L.A., and it’s normal. That’s it, that’s the career I want. And she’s really smart and people are willing to let her do what she wants to do.
Do you see a project this massive giv­ing you more freedom to go back to more indie fare like K-11?
It sounds weird, you take from this what you want. Certainly our faces are more rec­ognizable and our names sound familiar when people hear them, all of us. Will it put me in a movie starring opposite some big A-list celebrity? No, only I can do that. So I think my goal for right now is to get through [the Twilight movies], enjoy them because it’s fun; we have a lot of fun making them, and just not go the route that’s so easy to go right now. It’s really so easy to host parties here and there, get paid $10,000 to go to this event tomorrow night, and let T-Mobile and whatever other cell phone companies give me free phones if I just get photographed using them. It’s so easy to do that right now and it’s so tempting ’cause why wouldn’t I want a free cell phone and get paid to fly to, like, Madrid for this fashion show. But you don’t last, you just don’t. If you’re too closely associated with anything that’s so super-huge, your name will always go hand in hand with that, so it’s hard for me to watch… I’m not saying I’m missing out on opportunities, but you have to be careful when and where you choose to capitalize.
Do you feel like there’s a similarity to what you went through with Thirteen?
There is a similarity, there is a connection, there totally is. That was like a cult phenome­non, obviously on a much smaller scale, but that was still something that made people want to know the person, want to connect with the person, want to ask the person questions. There were no boundaries with that movie, just like I feel there are no bound­aries with this.
Having gone through it once does this make it easier to handle?
No, it’s just different. It feels familiar. I feel like, “Oh yeah, I know this feeling.” But it’s not in your control, it’s totally out of your control. That’s the crazy thing about stuff like this is you do interviews, you don’t have any control of who says what, it can be printed however, the public can see you however they choose to see you. It can be as silly as because I have dark hair and maybe tan skin I am more exotic, therefore sexier, and there­fore probably a home wrecker, and it spirals out of control. But you have to let go of con­trol, you have to surrender and realize this is greater than you, and at the end of the day, it means nothing. None of this means any­thing. I’m healthy, I love my family, they love me, and I have enough money to eat, so that’s what matters. Or else you just go crazy. I went through a phase where I literal­ly couldn’t stop going on the internet because it’s a bizarre thing, it’s not natural to have people you don’t know commenting about you, and this new technology has advanced so much in recent years that even my mom, who’s a generation above me, can’t relate, and I can’t relate to the genera­tion below me. What is Twitter? What the fuck is going on there? No, I don’t Tweet. I’ve never had a Facebook, never had a My Space, like I don’t understand that at all. But maybe it’s because I’m an actor and it’s already weird for me.
What can you tell us about K-11?

I just don’t know what’s happening with it, but Jules Stewart, Kristen [Stewart]’s mom is directing. She wrote it as well, with a writing partner. Kristen and I both love the project; we hope it gets made, obviously. But other than that I don’t know what else to say ’cause we don’t have a start date and we’re kind of all wrapped up in this, she and I. So at least I know when my schedule is free, maybe hers will be free. We sort of know where the other one’s at. But we want to make it. It’s a great project and it’s an opportunity for me to play something that couldn’t be farther away from my situation, and people will no longer have the opportunity to say she’s playing herself. Even though I couldn’t have lived on my own, paid rent, tried to finish high school, without even having a dri­ver’s license, I couldn’t have done all those things if I was this crazy insane lunatic, which is the character I keep playing. Except in Twilight, which is also another great reason I’m happy to be a part of this, because of the mass exposure and the difference in what I’m playing. K-11 I get to play a role so different than myself and I always play roles different than myself. In fact, Ros­alie is the closest thing I’ve ever played to myself. It depends on how you look at her, but in terms of how protective she is over her family, and how loving she is, and not in a condescend­ing way, in a mature, wise way, how she can look at the big picture and see what’s best for her and her family. And I feel like that’s the role I’ve sort of always played.

*The new photoshoot was done November 9th by Patrick Fraser*


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updated with scans from via Brandheroin

New Photo and interview, Anna Kendrick for NY Daily News! Filed under ( Anna Kendrick, Daily, Interview, News, online, photo )

Q. In the new movie "Up in the Air," you play a frequent flier opposite George Clooney. As a child actor, you shuttled often between Portland, Maine, and New York for auditions.

A. It started out with my parents driving me down for auditions and stuff. After a while, they both worked and couldn't always drive, so when I was 12 they started sending me on Greyhound buses with my brother, who was 14.

Q. That was timely - your big break was in the show "High Society" in 1998, when you were 12. How did you land that role?

A. When I went to New York to audition for that, they asked me to stay overnight. And of course, we were planning on getting the Greyhound bus back that evening. So my parents had to fax a credit card to a hotel. They told us, they were adamant, "Stay in the hotel and only go out for your audition." But my brother and I, being precocious little 12- and 14-year-olds, thinking it was the coolest thing in the world to be alone in New York City, we went to Bleecker and MacDougal and had breakfast. We thought we were the coolest kids in the world.

Q. Did you live alone in the city during your six-month stint?

A. My dad was a teacher at the time, and it was easier for him to leave and come to New York with me. So we got an apartment in Yonkers and drove in every day - we couldn't find an apartment we could afford in the city, because we were being supported by the minimum wage for Actors' Equity. As a 12-year-old, you'll take whatever's given to you, basically.

Q. What's your favorite area now?

A. I'd say it's probably SoHo or Greenwich Village, because though I never lived there, those were the places that felt like I disappeared into New York. I used to go there with my brother. There was so much of New York that belonged to the rest of the world, but certain places - like SoHo - felt like they still belonged to New York and we were lucky to be a part of it.

Q. As a cast member in "New Moon," you're surrounded by young actors transitioning to adult careers. Are you glad you started out in New York rather than L.A.?

A. Absolutely. Thank God I started on stage and not in film. On a film set, you're sort of coddled, but when you're on stage, even as a 12-year-old, you're expected to be a professional and deliver every night. It was hard work, and sometimes it was really lonely, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.


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Video: Interview With Robert Pattinson From Spain With Translation Filed under ( Interview, Robert Pattinson, Spain, video )

The most impres­sive fan expe­ri­ence hap­pened in Mex­ico: “There were peo­ple on the top of the car and we couldn’t get out. The secu­rity peo­ple and my agent had to lit­er­ally hold on to the door while all those girls were try­ing to open it. We felt like The Beatles.”




-“The only thing I don’t han­dle very well are those moments when you aren’t work­ing and you go out with your friends or fam­ily sud­dently there’s a crowd out­side watch­ing you”



Learn­ing Span­ish while fil­im­ing “Lit­tle Ashes” in Spain: “It’s ter­ri­ble, I used to go out every night with aus­tralians so I didn’t learn much Span­ish to be honest.”



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Rob in hungarian Cosmopolitan Filed under ( Cosmopolitan, Interview, Robert Pattinson, scans )

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Pierce Brosnan talks about Remember Me and Robert Pattinson Filed under ( Interview, online, Pierce Brosnan, Remember Me, Robert Pattinson )

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Next year, he will be seen in a new film with Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson, called Remember Me.

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Of course, to younger film fans, the most important thing is that he's worked with Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob star who plays Edward in Twilight.

"I think when you see Remember Me, you'll see Robert giving a fantastic performance. He's really working hard to work on his performance and acting and who he is."


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Full interview over at source.

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From SantaBanta.com (via Twilight Poison) we have a new interview with Rob.

So young and a global superstar. Is that too much of a burden to bear?

I guess it’s inevitable that you become more comfortable. You’re still fighting against some things and that is the responsibility of delivering better than before.

Since Twilight was released it’s hard to handle what’s happening to me. There’s no compulsion to smile to the paparazzi. I am still the same Robert that I was before. I don’t feel I have any burden though. I am happy with what I have got and would love to do such good work ahead also.


Strangely you have been iconized although you play a vampire. Doesn’t that put you in strange spot? Do girl fans ask you to give them your fangs treatment?

Well it does. I never thought it would be so big and still I can’t believe it. I am actually not ready to handle this big stardom, but am glad that I am learning it at such an early age.

I have come across so many instances where the female fans ask me to bite them on the neck. Not just this, I am amazed that these girl fans just doesn’t only include young teenagers but females ranging from 7-8 years old to 60-70 years old, and you know what? They all talk the same way and demand the same thing, a bite on their neck! It is so strange and weird. But my answer is the same, ‘Look I can’t do it, it might hurt you.’


Christopher Lee made a career out of playing a vampire. What do you think of him? Any danger of being typecast in the blood sucker’s role?

Yeah he is a legend and I think the greatest Vampire in the world of cinema. Then I feel Wesley Snipes is also really great in this genre of films.

Yes I feel a danger of being typecast in this role but am sure my others films will break any such notion of people and industry. I am happy that I have immediate projects to make a mark and prove myself as a versatile actor, other than Edward of the Twilight Franchise.

You started as a model. And you’ve said you looked androgynous. Did you get unwanted male attention? How did you handle guys hitting on you? And do they still do?

No, I am happy that no such thing happened and even if it would have, I would have handled it well as I am pretty ‘Straight’. So, there was never any such case, that would have taken me into such a situation and never would I want to. I guess I am ok handling the Girl Fans.

What about the uncontrollable female following. How do you deal with that? More importantly, how does your girlfriend deal with all the female attention you get?

Well that is phenomenal. It has to happen, so I have to be prepared for it. I try and stay cool and behave as a normal person, which still I think I am, that’s sets it straight and fine. I don’t have a Girlfriend so I need not to worry.

Neither do I wanna have Girlfriend any sooner, at least not when I am in this kinda environment. I am very unromantic you know, I just read or watch films. I am actually very boring, so I am ok single only I guess.


You are apparently seeing Kristen Stewart who’s also an actor. Is there a lot of what I call showbiz pressure on your relationship?

We are just very good friends. I did propose her on the sets. She doubted my seriousness though and even I felt like it was too early. I don’t know how it happened.

Actually we used to spend some real fun moments together on the sets and I just went ahead and thought of taking it to another level. Well nothing as such worked out but we still remained forever buddies.


We go out eating, shopping, but that doesn’t mean we are seeing each other. Then one day we read in some gossip magazine of our affair followed by all the media making a hue and cry about it. It is all like crap, man!


However it doesn’t matter, we are good friends and we know that. Why would we hide it if we were in an affair? I admit to my proposal so why would I hide our relationship? So once again I take a chance to deny any such relation with Kristen. She is a dear friend and a great actor I must say.


What are you doing next? will you be associated with the Twilight series in the future?

My future projects are Remember Me, Eclipse (The Twilight Saga), Breaking Dawn, Bel Ami and Unbound Captives with Rachel Weiss and Hugh Jackman. Yes I am still a part of Twilight Franchise and our next film in this series is named Eclipse which would be out next year. I am glad to be working with the Twilight franchise.


How did you bag the Twilight leads?

You know, I was so apprehensive of doing my character first. I was told that I had beaten somewhat around 3000 entries for the role of Edward and fetched the role. Even then I was not sure if I could make it. But when I knew I had to do it.

I prepared so – so hard. It was so physically challenging coz I had to be physically so quick and fit. I knew how I did it. It was running on treadmills for hours, kickboxing and a lot of abdomen exercises.

You’re so young and so successful. How do you handle the money and the fame?

Oh really! Thanks for the compliment and with such words from my friends, fans and journos across the globe I feel encouraged and proud of my decision of acting omsted of pursuing music. Well I don’t know how I handle it.

It is just happening and I am still learning. Guess, I don’t believe in showing off so I am to the world what I am inside. That is why I don’t even have a publicist. Even post Twilight, my life is pretty much identical to before. I don’t really do that much.

I don’t know how it all is happening, the fact is that I am just working and rest all is happening by itself. Money and Fame are also a part of my normal routine and I try to manage it simply without any airs in my mind. Look, I am an artist first.

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Kristen Stewart interview in a French magazine with scans Filed under ( Interview, Kristen Stewart )

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Translation by never_ever00 via Kstewartfans

1.They asked her about how she prepared for the role of Bella and the depressive part about it.she said she just read the book alot and she understood the fellings Bella had very well.

2.Did her portrayal get influenced by her desire to be very private with her partener.

After doing Twilight she improved her relationship with him and that will make her work ten times harder for this series.

3.Why are young ppl so interested in vampires?

It's the fascination about death,life,blood.And vampires have this sensual and sexual image about them.It's another reason why these young girls are intrigued and fascinated by this universe.

4.What do you look for in a guy?First of all he needs to be kind,sensitive,with a great sense of humor.He shouldn't play macho or prove he is inteliggent by all means.The looks come afterwards.

5.How do u handle such amount of pressure after doing twilight?I want to be as discreet as possible.I avoid going to places where paparazzi can be found or other hollywood places.Unfortunatley i still am a loner and i do realize it can get dangerous.

6.Will the succes of the movie change her?She said she felt a lot more secure about her and she does not care what other people say or think about her =D

7.her family works in showbusiness - an advantage or is it an inconvenience

A great advantage because she learned not to take herself so serious and how to manage her "celebrity status".Her parents never faced such a phenomenon and she has to learn on her own how to manage in this situation.

8.You are discreet and misterious.how would u describe yourself?I follow my heart always.I'm not cynical nor naive.I try to follow my instincts.I try to find,above all,a form of truth.I hate lying and hypocrisy.

9.do u regret leaving school to pursue an acting career?

Not at all,i didn;t want to go the classic way.I don;t like the structures at the university.That is why i decided to learn on my own.i became an autodidact.

10.what do u do when u are not travelling?

I like reading.Just as much as i like playing guitar.I like travelling too,there is nothing more exciting then to go to a country u have never been before.It's amazing to order an expresso in a cafe in Italy or to talk about life in France with a waiter in a parizian place where u can buy beer.

or something around that lol

EXCLUSIVE Interview With FAME: Robert Pattinson Author Kimberly Sherman Filed under ( cover, Interview, Robert Pattinson )

FAME: Robert Pattinson. There has been much buzz regarding this biographical comic amongst both the Twilight fandom as well as Robert fans online. MTV and other media have published sneak peeks at the upcoming comic as the May 26 release date approaches. E! was the first to show us the comic book cover featuring a cartoon version of Robert Pattinson and teased at what the comic would contain. Later on MTV surprised us with the news of a second cover for the comic. One featuring a beautiful and artistic portrait of the beloved actor in his patented hand-through- hair pose. With FAME: Robert Pattinson being released next Wednesday I had the privilege of interviewing Kimberly Sherman, writer/author of the biographical comic. In a two-part interview she takes us through the timeline of what is sure to become a collector item. How she was selected for the task, how it was made and much more.

Kimberly Sherman did not start of wanting to be a comic book writer. In fact, she didn’t begin her writing career until recently. After majoring in journalism in college Kim found herself working in television advertising where she had the opportunity of attending show tapings, exclusive back lot studio tours, and affiliate meetings to watch all upcoming pilots. However, after having her first baby she gave up her dream job to take on the challenge of motherhood becoming a stay at home mom. It was difficult at first but she soon learned her journalist days were long from over.

In 2005 her local newspaper contacted her to write a story and it all unfolded from there. She began writing from home and “moonlighting” as a night writer. Kimberly then started a blog titled “Pillow Bitter,” but after getting professional ventures through the blog she changed the name to “Twilight Moonlighter”. “I’ve been writing for years;” she states, ”the Twilight Saga just helped my career grow exponentially, almost overnight, and I’m eternally grateful to Stephenie Meyer for that.”

LetMeSign: How did you come to work with Bluewater production and in turn become the writer for Robert Pattinson’s comic?

KS: I originally contacted Bluewater requesting to interview the writer and artist of the Stephenie Meyer bio comic. The publisher and I hit it off, I reviewed the Meyer comic prior to its release, and I was subsequently commissioned to pen the biography of Charlaine Harris, the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which were the inspiration of HBO’s True Blood series. I had the pleasure of interviewing Charlaine for the biography, which debuts in May along with Robert Pattinson’s.

Bluewater was starting a FAME series for the bio comics, and because of our initial contact, my publisher knew I was a Twilight fan. Of course Robert Pattinson is an obvious choice for the FAME series considering his high-profile status at this point, alongside Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. So I was commissioned to pen his bio as well.


LetMeSign: Where/how did you go about gathering information on Robert to make it a concise biography? Is there anything you think should have been added that didn’t make the final draft or anything you think should have been edited out?

KS: Aside from the typical Imdb info, I’d already seen countless interviews with Mr. Pattinson. I’ve watched, and re-watched most of his movies, and, most importantly, I scouted out some of my most reputable, trusted resources.

I would’ve loved to be able to focus more on his upcoming movies, but my script was complete before his role in Water for Elephants was confirmed. I actually added it in, and then deleted it in case the casting was ultimately just rumored. The same went for Remember Me; that was one of Rob’s best roles to date, but again, the script was written before I saw that movie. The movie is mentioned, just not in the detail I would’ve preferred.

LetMeSign: In your interview with Jazma I noticed you did not have the opportunity to actually work with Robert Pattinson, do you think the comic would have had a different voice?

KS: Absolutely it would have had a different voice. It would have been told from his point of view, and I don’t think he’d want to classify himself as a comic book character. I think he’s actually said that before, come to think of it. But I do think he’ll appreciate the way it’s told. I have nothing but respect for Mr. Pattinson as a person and as an actor, and as such, I didn’t include anything salacious that would be of embarrassment to him.


LetMeSign: You also mentioned the comic does not have a narrator. Did you write it that way on purpose and why or why not?

KS: I did write it that way on purpose. Though the comic book doesn’t have a narrator, it does have a voice- the voice of the fans, told in a respectful manner.

LetMeSign: Do you have one dream article/interview you’d like to do and what is it?

KS: Dream interview. Sitting down to lunch and drinks with Robert Pattinson and talking about any and everything EXCEPT Twilight and Kristen Stewart. Need I say more?

Stay tuned Monday for Part 2 of our interview with Kimberly where we discuss some of her favorite interviews (possibly a Twilight star?), the making of FAME: Robert Pattinson and whether we’ll see a second comic of our beloved actor! We’ll also bring you information on how to obtain an autographed copy through this site exclusively!!

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Video: 100 Monkeys Exclusive Outtakes -Interview Filed under ( 100 monkeys, et video, Interview, jackson rathbone )

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Earth’s Mightiest Interviews Breaking Dawn Producer Wyck Godfrey Filed under ( bill condon, Breaking Dawn, Interview, Wyck Godfrey )

Wyck Godfrey has been a producer on eachof the Twilight movies. Wyck has been featured in a number of our videos and interviews over the years. he is always very forthcoming and generous in talking with fans and press.

Wyck just spoke with the Earth’s Mightiest website about Breaking Dawn and the choice of Bill Condon.

Check out his latest audio interview on Earth’s mightiest.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 11:28 am and is filed under News. The entry is tagged under wyck godfrey.

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New Q&A with Saturday Night Mag (with 2 new pic) Filed under ( hq photos, Interview, jackson rathbone )

While Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are wrapped up in the Twi-limelight, their co-star Jackson Rathbone is zooming along under the radar, carefully crafting his career as an actor, producer and musician. We sat down with the 25-year-old rising star to talk about his roles in not one but two of this summer’s biggest movies. First up, he reprises his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and then stars in M. Night Shyamalan’s fantasy adventure, The Last Airbender.

SNMag: Tell us about your role in The Last Airbender…
Jackson Rathbone: I play a young warrior named Sokka who, along with his sister, discovers a mysterious boy trapped in the ice; they free him and end up on a quest to save the world. It’s a very fantastical story that originated out of the Nickelodeon cartoon and now it’s a live action epic fantasy.

SNMag: Did you have to do any training or physical prep for the role?
JR: There was a good two months of kung fu training in LA and then continued training while we were filming. But it was really fun, I loved it. That’s one of the really cool things about being an actor: you get paid to learn kung fu!

SNMag: What kind of stunts did you have to do?
JR: Mostly it was hand to hand combat. My character doesn’t have any special abilities…so I’d do a lot of scenes where I fight off guys with swords and spears and all I had to fight with was the boomerang. It’s a little bit nerve-wracking, even when it’s a plastic sword coming at you.

SNMag: How was your experience working with M. Night Shyamalan?
JR: It was amazing. The Sixth Sense is one of my favorite thrillers and I love Night’s other work. So it felt like great as an actor to be working with somebody I’ve respected and admired for years.

SNMag: What was your initial reaction when you were cast in Twilight?
JR: It’s a great book series and Jasper has such a lush backstory so I was just really excited. But then I started getting calls from my cousins and they were even more excited than me so that kind of upped the ante – playing a character that my family knows and are excited about seeing me portray on the big screen.

SNMag: Did you realize then it would kick-start your career?
JR: I don’t think it really hit me until I walked the red carpet at the premiere of Twilight. That’s when it was first like, "Oh wow, this is going to be a new experience for me.”

SNMag: What’s one of the most memorable fan encounters you’ve had?
JR: We were filming up in Vancouver for New Moon and I was on my way to get Starbucks. A bunch of fans surrounded me and so I was taking pictures and signing autographs and this woman comes up to me with a 2-year-old child and, without saying a word, hands me her kid and steps back to take a picture. It was just kind of awkward because the kid’s looking at me like, “Who are you?” and I’m looking at the kid like, “I’m sorry, man, I have no idea what’s going on either.” So she snapped a photo, took her kid back and walked away. It’s kind of odd to have a stranger shove a child in your arms.

SNMag: Do we get to see a new side of Jasper in Eclipse?
JR: Yes, we get to see Jasper back when he was a human which was back in the Civil War. So I got to ride a horse again - I grew up riding so it was fun to get back to that.

SNMag: Were you at all into vampire movies before you were cast in Twilight?
JR: I’ve definitely been a fan of the vampire genre for a long time. Interview with the Vampire is an incredible film. I’ve always loved the Dracula films. And Nosferatu is a beautiful, well-crafted film from the 20s that still holds up today, in my opinion.

SNMag: What’s your relationship like with the rest of the cast? How do you spend your time on set?
JR: It’s fun because we play a family on screen and so getting to come back and do these sequels is like a family reunion. A lot of us are musicians as well as actors so we’d all get together in the rooms and we’d have jam sessions and make up songs. I’d play guitar and harmonica, Rob would play guitar and sing or Kristen would play guitar.

SNMag: Who are some of your favorite actors?
JR: I’m just finishing Johnny Depp’s catalogue. I love his style of acting, it’s very organic and down to earth and then it’s also very fantastical at the same time. Clint Eastwood’s the man. And Jack Nicholson, I love his style.

SNMag: Tell us more about your band 100 Monkeys…
JR: We just did 61 shows out of a 100 city tour so we’re taking a small break. But it’s something that we love to do. I’ve been playing music as long as I’ve been acting and I feel so privileged to be able to have both those careers taking off at the same time. One of the things I’m trying to get into is integrating film and music - one of the band members and I produced a film that we both acted in called Girlfriend and 100 Monkeys composed the score for the film.

SNMag: We have to ask: Do you have a girlfriend?
JR: No, no, I am single. I got a lot of stuff going on so it’s hard to find time to even go on a date these days. But that doesn’t mean I’m not looking. So every once in a while I’ll get a day off and try to go on a date if I can…find a nice girl at a coffee shop or something.

SNMag: What can you tell us about your tattoos?
JR: I’ve got six tattoos total. I am planning on getting a couple more maybe within the next month or so. I think my next tattoo is going to be a line out of TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. It’s one of my favorite poems ever.

SNMag: What other movies or projects do you have coming up?
JR: Really excited about getting Girlfriend into the festival circuit and putting out my next couple of projects with my production company, Patchmo Entertainment. I’m really excited to get on the other side of the camera, producing and hopefully directing within the next year or two. It’s just a truly exciting time in my life and I don’t take it for granted. I’d rather be working than sleeping!

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USA Today Interview with Rob, Kristen and Taylor Filed under ( Interview, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, usa today )

CHICAGO — Dashingly disheveled Robert Pattinson has an infectious, high-pitched laugh that would never do for his seductive vampire lover-boy, Edward Cullen.
Buff-and-polished Taylor Lautner is pocket-size compared with the looming stature of his werewolf counterpart, Jacob Black.

Casual yet cool Kristen Stewart can be a real chatterbox, unlike her moody Bella Swan, the high schooler in a romantic tug of war between these two supernatural objects of teen desire.

Lucky girl, right? "Yeah, but that's in the movies," Stewart says about bringing to life the modern-day Gothic heroine from the insanely popular Twilight book series (85 million copies sold so far). "I'm just the ultimate fan. If you read a story and you like it andconnect to it, it probably means you've inserted yourself in the story, and I get to do that on the most glorified level possible."

Hollywood fantasy regularly blends with everyday reality for these three blazing-hot rising stars. It has taken a while for a cultural navigator like Oprah Winfrey to zero in on the heat behind the literary-spawned phenom. But on this early May morning, Twilight fever is raging at Harpo Studios as the actors file into the backstage area after taping a show that aired Thursday. The occasion? Eclipse, the third chapter in an already billion-dollar worldwide franchise that arrives June 30.

The actors are unfazed by the shrieking adoration of a largely female audience, many in black Twilight T's — Team Edward and Team Jacob are duly represented — and all handpicked for their passion for the epic movie series based on author Stephenie Meyer's four-part saga.

"It's so nice sometimes, preaching to the converted," says Pattinson, 24, the London-born overnight sex symbol and primary reason for the screams. Thanks to his devoted worshipers, he has been elevated from a little-known Harry Potter supporting player to one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world in less than three years. They were out in force the night before at a Winfrey-sponsored screening of an unfinished print of Eclipse. Afterward, a firestorm of fan Tweets rife with "OMGs" gushed about the much-anticipated sequel to 2008's Twilight and last year's New Moon.

Once Stewart, 20, painstakingly signs Winfrey's guest book and Lautner, 18, stops practicing his grape-tossing parlor trick, the castmates settle into a buttery leather sofa to talk about such topics as the iconic moments that are re-created in Eclipse, run-ins with other celebrities and what the post-Twilight future holds.

The fame game

But, first, the pain of fame that comes from being on the paparazzi's most-wanted list is addressed. When New Moon opened last fall, barely a day went by without seeing a headline about Lautner and country cutie Taylor Swift or speculation on whether Pattison and Stewart are a real-life couple.

Although, lately, the frenzy has calmed somewhat, judging by the number of Twilight-free magazine covers at grocery checkouts. "I don't know if this is the actual reason why, but we have gotten better at hiding over the last year," Pattinson says.

"That's totally the reason," Stewart concurs. "They just make up a story to go along with the pictures. If they never get the picture, there's no story. We are just good hiders now."

Such subterfuge includes neither confirming nor denying that they are in a relationship. Yet there clearly is some sort of special connection between the two, what with their playful teasing and personal asides. Let's just say it wasn't Lautner who placed a hand on Pattinson's leg during a portion of the interview.

But all three take their Twilight-related duties to heart, whatever they might require. Stewart even leaps up in a panic at one point, fearing she misspelled a word in her salutation to Winfrey. She checks the book: "Believe — ie or ei?"

"I before e except after c," Pattinson responds. She checks. "Oh, yeah," she says with a triumphant fist pump.

Pattinson laughs. "I almost spelled Oprah wrong. I almost wrote Opera."

The actors are keen to know how Eclipse played to the crowd at the screening and are pleased to hear that every element has been heightened: the horror, the romance, the three-way interaction among their characters, the touches of humor that often come at the expense of Edward and Jacob's rivalry — especially after they forge a testy alliance to save Bella from a roving gang of rabid newborn vampires.

Stewart says of Eclipse's positive early reception: "It is a well-oiled machine at this point. We have had a lot of time to establish what this thing is about and a lot of time to consider it. And they gave us so much more money this time. So that is exciting."

Pattinson, looking bemused, quickly clarifies her statement. "For the film. The budget."

Stewart is chagrined. "Oh, my God. No, no. That didn't even occur to me. They gave us so much more money to make the film look good!"

The leads did get raises — Stewart and Pattinson are taking home a reported $7.5 million each plus a percentage of the gross, Lautner gets $5 million — while the production's price tag grew to $65 million, still modest compared with similar franchises.

Yet the few extra bucks seem to have paid off, especially with the effects. Even Lautner's CG wolf alter-ego is more adorable than in New Moon. "Yeah," says the actor, sheepishly. "It was very cuddly. I don't know if that's what we were aiming for."

He waffles over the wisdom of sharing an anecdote about the scene in which the vicious horse-sized beast sweetly nuzzles Bella and she scratches his ear. After a little coaxing, he relents.

"That day I came on set and put on this tight gray spandex suit ..."

"There is dialogue and I talk to him," Stewart explains. "I said, 'How am I going to do this without Taylor?' " So instead of the actress pretending that a massive computer-animated wolf was nearby, Lautner volunteered to be its stand-in.

"Basically, it looked like a Teletubby," he continues about his outfit. "I had this circle on the face but everything else was covered. It was weird. But, yeah, I stood there and would literally bend over ..."

"I would actually pet his head," Stewart adds.

Pattinson, meanwhile, struggled with Edward's rather formal proposal to Bella, which reflects the fact that although his vintage vampire looks 17, he hails from the turn of the last century.

"I was dreading the day it was coming," he says of the scene that was held until the very end of the shoot. "The first time I read the script, I thought, 'This is impossible.' " References to "promenades" and sharing "iced tea on the porch" as Edward explains how he would have courted Bella in the old days especially stuck in his throat. "It's so earnest. I finally convinced the producers that you can play it with a bit of awareness of not being a fictional character. I'm not trying to be part of a Gothic novel."

When Pattinson finally watched it, however, he was pleasantly surprised. "It seems different when you see it."

Their profiles have grown with each film, and celebrity status does afford them the chance to mingle with their own idols. Although, more often than not, the other stars are the ones bedazzled as they request autographs for their Twilight-crazed kids.

"I took a picture with Ron Howard last year at the Oscars," Pattinson recalls. "I thought it was the funniest thing. I asked, 'Is it for your kids?' He said, 'No, it's for me. I want to have it on my phone.' " Making the situation even odder: Howard's daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, is in Eclipse.

Alas, Pattinson has yet to run into his favorite, Jack Nicholson.

Stewart pipes up: "I have."

Pattinson: "What? When did you meet?"

Stewart: "At a screening for Into the Wild," her 2007 coming-of-age drama directed by Sean Penn. "He was exactly like you think he would be."

Pattinson, sounding peeved: "You never told me that."

Lautner joins in. "I didn't meet him but I sat next to him at a Lakers game."

Pattinson, utterly exasperated: "What?"

Life beyond 'Twilight'

Next subject. The three are actively trying to ward off post-Twilight typecasting by doing solo projects in between. Stewart and Pattinson, both bookworms and drawn to art-house fare, earned OK reviews but underwhelming ticket sales for their two recent releases, the girl-band bio The Runaways and the romantic melodrama Remember Me.

But they continue to be in demand for more mature roles. Stewart is psyched to be a part of a big-screen version of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, which starts shooting in August. Pattinson recently wrapped his work on the London set of Bel Ami as a 19th-century social-climbing rogue opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman and Christina Ricci. Does he bed all three?

"Yes, but they're not like typical love scenes at all," he says.

Adds Stewart: "They're all a little weird. A little edgy. And a little nude." Chuckling ensues.

Meanwhile, Lautner — a natural athlete who played a high school track star in the box-office-topping ensemble comedy Valentine's Day— seems to be angling to become the next big action hero with upcoming roles in the thriller Abduction and Stretch Armstrong, a 3-D adventure based on a toybox muscleman.

Did he ever own one of the dolls, whose limbs could be pulled and elongated like taffy? "I don't remember having one at my house, but I totally remember stretching that sucker."

Then there is the next Twilight feature, Breaking Dawn, opening Nov. 18 next year. The fourth and presumably final book is so jammed with life-altering events — a wedding, first-time sex between Bella and Edward, a grotesquely painful birth — that there has been talk of doing two films back to back. And it might even be in 3-D. But the actors can confirm only their involvement.

What has been decided is that Breaking Dawn's director will be Bill Condon, the filmmaker behind Dreamgirlsand Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Chicago.

Have they met Condon, who already posted a letter on Facebook reassuring fans of his appreciation of the material and that the film most definitely will not be a musical despite his résumé?

Lautner nods yes.

Pattinson: "When did you meet him?" Lautner: "One day." Stewart: "Did you have a meeting?" Lautner: "No, no." Pattinson: "I literally met him three nights ago."

Stewart, in a mock snit: "Well, he obviously doesn't want to meet me."


USAToday via kstewartnews via RPLife