Quotes

Career/Acting

“I don’t know how many more of these awards I can come up for because I think a little bit is coming out of my pants right now.” - Rob at the MTV Movie Awards.

“I don’t really like watching my stuff.  It makes me feel sick.  You imagine you look a certain way in your head, and when it looks even the slightest bit different from what you imagine, you go, ‘Rubbish!’” - Robert Pattinson. 


“Sometimes I think, ‘To hell with acting’ and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“They [Barnes Theatre Club] were a very good group, and for some reason when I finished the backstage thing, I just decided to that I should try to act. So I auditioned for Guys and Dolls and got a little tiny part as some Cuban dancer or something and then in the next play I got the lead part, and then I got my agent. So I owe everything to that little club.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“Music means freedom to me.  But in acting you can pretend to be someone else and I like that.” - Robert Pattinson.

Fame/Hollywood Life


“I haven’t found one place in the world yet where I could disappear.” - Robert Pattinson, Premiere Magazine, 2009. 

“I don’t know. I’d like to think that I haven’t changed that much. Within myself I don’t think I’ve changed.” - Robert Pattinson, Comic-Con 2009.

“I’m just scared of crowds.  I just think people require things of me whenever there’s a screaming crowd, and I always think I won’t be able to provide what they want, so that’s why I look scared all the time.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“But you’re not really allowed to complain about any of this, You’re just supposed to be grateful. And obviously—I get it. You’re lucky and you should appreciate your luck. But, I mean, it just seems if you even hint that there’s a bad side to any of this people will be like—Liar! I guess it’s because people want to have it as a dream.” Robert Pattinson, Vanity Fair 2011.

“I had a stalker while filming a movie in Spain last year.  She stood outside of my apartment I used every day for weeks, all day, every day.  I was so bored and lonely that I went out and had dinner with her.  I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back.” - Robert Pattinson. 


Funny

"Never trust a guy who shaves his eyebrows." - Robert Pattinson. 

"I'm just a big, hard tool." - Robert Pattinson on No Good TV. 

“There was one rumor that I saw in a magazine saying I was pregnant. I thought that was brilliant and it still crops up now. But it’s definitely not true. I can promise you that.” - Robert Pattinson. 

"Technically I am driving, but I don't actually know how to drive." - Robert Pattinson. 

Life


“Up until I was 12 my sisters used to dress me up as a girl and introduce me as ‘Claudia’! Twelve was a real turning point for me as I moved to a mixed school, and then I became cool and discovered hair gel.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“I never really considered myself attractive, really.  I was always kind of gangly in school.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“All of my favourite actors are American and I grew up watching American movies.   It’s weird I used to do a New Jersey accent in every audition in America, because I liked it.  It’s completely bizarre and everybody would ask: ‘Where are you from?’  And I would say: ‘Oh, I’m from London!’” - Robert Pattinson. 

“I’m really afraid of getting hit by cars, like terrified of it. I`m terrified of crossing streets. I`m also very accident-prone…I think people aim for me.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“I can’t see any advantage to fame.  I’m happy with the life I have now.  I’ve got the same two friends I’ve had since I was 12, and I can’t see that changing.” - Robert Pattinson. 

“I got expelled from my school when I was 12; I was quite bad!” - Robert Pattinson. 

“I like crazy people who don’t give a fuck.” - Robert Pattinson, Vanity Fair 2011.