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 More Quotes by Robert Pattinson More Quotes From Robert Pattinson You have this weird thing where you end up trying to fight against this faceless blob, where the more you hate it, the bigger it gets, because it's all in your head. Robert Pattinson hate fighting trying I don't listen to anyone else. That's why I don't have a publicist or something like that. I can't stand it if someone's trying to tell me to do something which might be a mistake sometimes. Robert Pattinson mistake trying might I don't think that I would ever do serenade to be romantic. You have to have so much balls to do that. Robert Pattinson balls thinking I like being meticulous and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control. Robert Pattinson meticulous being-me actors When someone tells you the fundamentals you think that everything's going to come out and be amazing. Robert Pattinson fundamentals thinking The whole first movie [Twilight] was pretty fun. I had never really done a movie like it, when there's such a big cast of people that are around about the same age. Everyone didn't really know what was going to happen with the movie, but there was a good energy. There was something which people were fighting for in a way. They wanted it to be something special. Also, none of us were really known then as well. Robert Pattinson fighting twilight fun You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work with doing little movies. Robert Pattinson want littles directors I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of it. That's kind of how I think about it. Robert Pattinson proud trying thinking You really, really feel like you have no control [participating in franchise] . I mean, it's a huge juggernaut, especially when something becomes part of the cultural landscape in a way as well. It's really scary because you get trapped and you get scared of changing, which is the worst thing that can happen if you want to be any kind of artist. Robert Pattinson scary artist mean I don't know how people will remember this series [of the Twilight Saga] at all. It's crazy how intense people are. Robert Pattinson crazy twilight people It's a strange place where the film industry is at. I guess you could just play superhero after superhero. That seems to be the only guaranteed big-money thing. I don't know. Robert Pattinson strange-places superhero play Your ideas dry up sometimes, and you get lazy sometimes 'cause you're around the same people. That was the good thing about having different directors. You had to stay on your toes. Robert Pattinson dry-up people ideas There's a thing, in general, about doing any kind of series, especially when the characters remain the same, to go back and try to improve whatever you did in the last movie, which never happens. Robert Pattinson lasts trying character As soon as you have someone who's providing stuff to react to, especially working with a baby, it's great. Robert Pattinson providing stuff baby Every time I would say put a baby in every scene. Robert Pattinson scene baby I also think if you get sort of early success there's always this part of you which feels like, "I need to address the imbalance, I need to kind of earn that success after the fact". I try to find roles that are hard and also, I still find now, even after I've done loads of really random movies, directors are really surprised that I want to play the parts that I want to play. They just assume that you want to only do the honorable good guy lead who saves the day or dies at the end . Robert Pattinson guy play thinking I always think that you have to have a certain understanding of what an audience would want to see from you as a public person as well as a character. Robert Pattinson understanding character thinking Most of the time I'm by myself finding the next thing. Being an A&R guy, basically. I don't know how long I can do this for. I'm constantly fascinated by actors who are so confident with their career that they do a project and then go on vacation. Robert Pattinson vacation guy long I used to be able to be in England and just be fine. No one had any idea who I was.I get a lot more abuse in England. Robert Pattinson abuse able ideas If I could get any semblance of, not really anonymity, but control over my public image, that would be nice. But no, I think it's impossible [to maintain that], for one thing. I don't think anyone can do that, apart from Denzel Washington. It's a strange place that the film industry is at, where you can just play superhero after superhero. Robert Pattinson strange-places nice thinking
