Q&A: Robert Pattinson – Glamour Magazine

July 30th, 2010 • By Maddie • General

Q: What made you say yes to Remember Me; you are in the position to say yes or no to a director to choose which movie you want to be in or which movie you don’t want to be in?

A: Kind of. You get certain offers and stuff, but with this, it was before Twilight came out, and I read the script and I wanted to do another job before Twilight came out. I didn’t end up doing one, but that was one of the things I read. So with this, usually every single young guy who is a lead is often such a stock character. But Tyler wasn’t really coming from an obvious place and wasn’t ending up in an obvious place either, so it gave you much more to work with, and it could be more of a character piece. There are certain things about generic films where you have to do certain things and perform in a certain way, and it doesn’t really make sense. I think that’s why this is kind of a little bit weird in that respect, it doesn’t really fit what you’d expect from this kind of drama.

Q: With Remember Me, were there certain aspects of the character you could empathize with? He’s a guy who likes to do his own thing…

A: Yeah, in a lot of ways, I saw right from the beginning that he was quite similar to me, and I kind of tried to tailor it to be even more similar, but then the more I tailored it, the more it became a fictional creation. But yeah, I’ve been saying there’s a kind of moment where, I think it’s the end of the adolescent period, where you think that you have to be an individual so much and you want to stamp your identity on everything. I mean, you get to your early 20s and you are much more accepting of being part of the world, and not wanting to drive everything away from you all the time, and I kind of had that when I was in my early 20s.

Q: Would you ever stand up for yourself to the point where you are going to fight with authority, like the character?

A: I know, that’s what one of the main things I liked about it; there are certain things which are like fantasy scenes of mine. It was quite satisfying, even the way he fights. It was all in the script, it said he fights like a pitbull, and I was just like, ‘Yeah, I want to fight like a pitbull!’

Q: Were you at all intimidated by Pierce Brosnan in real life?

A: I went to meet him for dinner just before we started shooting, and he’s a really nice guy. He’s kind of suave and he does look exactly the same all the time. He has great posture. He does this funny thing when we’re out at a restaurant and there are people looking over at him, and it’s a kind of posh French restaurant so there are a lot of older, banker type looking people and they obviously had no idea who I was, and they were obviously just looking at him and making a little joke or whatever, and he goes up to their table and introduces himself to everybody at that table, and you can see that they all really like him – I don’t know what he said. He was introducing me as his son to people. (laughter)

Q: Did this role feel very different from the other roles that you have played?

A: Yeah, definitely, there’s certain things about it; you can improvise quite a lot more, especially in comparison to the Twilight films. The whole point of the Twilight films is that there are so many hindrances as to what you can do, whereas with Tyler, it’s kind of, it’s the first time I played somebody who is just the kind of normal guy, without anything fancy, or without a period element, or without some kind of social inadequacy. He is literally just a normal guy, with no specific handicaps, and it was fun.

Q: How did you regard Tyler’s relationship with Caroline; they kind of need each other, don’t they?

A: Yeah, but it’s like, at the same time, she’s the kind of key or something. It’s not like they’re going to meet up and everything changes in their lives or whatever. It’s not saying people’s lives completely change, just having a couple of days of happiness, or a couple of minutes of happiness, can literally turn around your entire life, and you just have to be aware of it, you just have to make them sort of see things just a little bit more.

Q: When will you shoot the last Twilight movie?

A: I think I’m going to have to do “Breaking Dawn” at the end of this year, so I’m not sure when.

Q: What’s your best disguise in order to be able to walk down Oxford Street?

A: Biting your nails works quite well! Actually, I was in HMV on Oxford Street on Christmas Eve buying Christmas presents, and not a single person noticed. And here were posters [Twilight and New Moon] everywhere! It’s been years since I’ve done anything like that, and I think people just aren’t looking in the same way in London.

Q: How do you deal with fame?

A: I just try to keep working. Even ten years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio always talked about being able to take a break away from everything, but I don’t think you can do that anymore. I think you need to capitalize and steer your career at the same time, because I think that, especially with a thing like Twilight, where it is literally such a huge universe…

Q: Is it a burden to you, but it opens doors?

A: It opens doors and it closes others, like anything does. You can say, ‘Oh if I was still unknown, then no one would judge me’, but at the same time, nobody would give a shit either (laughter). It’s a weird little balance. And most of the time, you are just completely guessing what you should do, so I guess I’m just doing scripts that I think are good.

Q: Did the Twilight fans make shooting Remember Me in New York quite difficult?

A: The fan situation, completely, honestly, they were lovely. They would completely respond to people saying – “Please go and wait over there or something”, even when there were tons and tons of them, but it was like the paparazzi who were unbelievable. They were like jackals.

Q: You said that you never asked a girl on a date like Tyler does. Is that more difficult now you’re famous?

A: Yeah, I would imagine. I’m much more self conscious now because you can’t afford to like fail. You’re kind of afraid of succeeding too so you just kind of, you know, anyway you look at it…

Q: In what ways has this success changed things for you?

A: It changed more in America. I always thought it was going to be like this. I came out last Christmas and it was kind of… it was all pretty low key again and I always thought it would’ve changed by now in London but it hasn’t really. People just don’t look for the same stuff, but in America, I guess it is different.

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Lola said:

Omg I love Robert pattinson so much!!!!!! He is soooooooooo fabulous! :D

August 1st, 2010

alexis.b.&carley.a. said:

WE LOVE U ROBERT PATTINSON 4 EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 3rd, 2010

BabyCakes said:

OMG!! seriously get over robert jee he is just a actor
whats so great about him ? why do you love him so much and want to marry him for SERIOUSLY .. he is just an actor he is a person just like any of us are DUHH

August 8th, 2010

BabyCakes said:

I know you guys love him but can you stop saying it u guys are like OBESSED WITH HIM… LIKE HIS STALKER EWWW JUST GET OVER HIM OK

August 8th, 2010

oxy said:

Robert you’re gorgeous!!!!I love what you do!!!

August 9th, 2010

BabyCakes said:

Oxy!! OMG are you like OBSESSED with Robert Seriously he is only an actory get ova him jee . Seriously are you like his own personal stalker jee . are you on any sort on medication ..JEE!! he is just like a human being like any of us are seriously GET A LIFE N STOP BEING SO OBSESSED WITH HIM JEE GET A LIFE HUNNIE HE IS NOT THAT GREAT HE MAKES MOVIES N STARTS ON TWILIGHT N HARRY POTTER AND OTHER MOVIES BIG WHOOP WHOOP GET A LIFE AND BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT SERIOUSLY JEE

August 9th, 2010

MIRELA said:

i wish you to be happy,even if sometimes you suffer and i can see that,please smile, it looks so good on you

August 11th, 2010

BabyCakes said:

Mirela what are you on about .Darl can you please explain it in more detail please sweety because it dose not make any sense at all Love you girl

Swing my Hips and Giggle
Lots of love

.X.BabyCakezz.X.

Hope you have fun xxoo in replying back okay

August 12th, 2010

deepthi said:

hey greek god ……
I admire ur looks buddy… keep smiling please that crooked smile add a flavor to our face. I kind a fascinated by ur smile.

August 13th, 2010

deepthi said:

At least to see that gorgeous smile on ur face i wish u to be happy forever

August 13th, 2010

BabyCakes said:

Robet Pattinson you are good at your work dont give up and you would be a good singer to make a album with you Kirsten Stweart would make a good pair in making a album together.
You do amazing work in the movies
twilight is the best movie i watch it all the time :)
you should make a movie were your child is grown up so the last one breaking dawn aint the last like you do one more where your kid is all grown up and is aat school that will be awsome

Keep doing the amazing work Robert Pattinson
i love your work you do :)

August 26th, 2010

michiganlake said:

Hello, Robert. I know you from the Twilight series. I think you were great. Then Remember Me, you really explained the personality of Tylor really nice.

Look forward to your new movies.

August 28th, 2010

Lana said:

Rob: You are the hottest. Don’t pay any attention to Babycakes who is a friggin’ moron who cannot write or spell.

September 5th, 2010

Federal Drugs! said:

Hey there all- as fans of the lovely Mr P, we thought you might be interested in this…we were at a party a couple of weeks back when we witnessed a devastatingly drunk bloke approach a devastatingly pretty girl with a drink in his hand.
“Excuse me “ – and he actually said this – “has anyone ever told you you look just like Keira Knightley?”
She looked him up and down, silently took the drink and then said “has anyone ever told you, you look nothing like Robert Pattinson?”. And with that, she took a huge gulp of the drink, gave the glass back and left the room.
Now THAT’S a girl who knows what and who she wants…So, on behalf of her, you and anyone who’s on Team Pattinson, we’ve got a song inspired by that event called “Here’s To You, Mrs Pattinson” and it’s on our myspace if you fancy a listen.
http://www.myspace.com/federaldrugsadministration
Happy Sunday, all!

September 12th, 2010

BabyCakes said:

lol now that joke is funny. i get it i think i have seen it before i dont remember but that is good and if anyone dose not understand it then they are dumb lol i am a BLONDE but i got the joke
neways love ya rob

September 13th, 2010

neleil said:

i watch this scary video thats in REAL LIFE its called ”paranormal activity” look for it if you have frostwire and itunes it is creepy as fuck please look for it : )

October 30th, 2010

mickey said:

i agree with babycakes, robert is an actor and a very good one at that, but, please stop being so obsessed with him, he has enough going on in his life. It’s ok to love someone but give the guy some peace. He is very polite giving autographs, but he does have a life. It’s not like he is going to come knocking on your door, so get a grip before you strain something.

January 10th, 2011

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