New Rob Interview by DiePresse Germany

New Rob Interview by DiePresse Germany

There isn’t a sin­gle actor of the cur­rent time so idol­ized as he: “Twilight”-Vampire Robert Pat­tin­son. On Thurs­day the new film starts, right ahead of its release he speaks about fame, ele­phants, and the “first time”.

Rob, you could be crowned the most famous actor in the world right now. How do you deal with this strange­ness?

There are good and bad days. I often wish I wouldn’t react in such panic. But I believe I can sep­a­rate jobs from pri­vate life very well. So far my ego still hasn’t been injured!

Cur­rently, it is surely not sim­ple to be Robert Pat­tin­son. Can you believe what all has hap­pened in the past two years?

Hon­estly, I have always said that it’s a sub­jec­tive glimpse of the whole. For me every­thing feels the same as before, but there are a few aspects of my life that are com­pletely dif­fer­ent. I would just like to not admit that it has taken over my entire life. For myself, in my head, it’s the same as it was in the old days; I also have the exact same friends.

You are 24 and, as it is, can’t be any­where with­out body­guards at the door. Doesn’t it stink to you that you can’t lead a nor­mal life?

Some­times. But then I remem­ber how my nor­mal life was: boring.

Where do you live now, in Lon­don or in L.A.? Do you per­haps have a home?

No, I don’t. My “apart­ment” con­sists of three suit­cases, out of which I live. Inside of them is every­thing that I need.

Isn’t that a very lonely life?

I work con­stantly, so I am always sur­rounded by peo­ple who ask me ques­tions or give me instruc­tions. That’s why I enjoy it if I can do some­thing for myself. I don’t have any prob­lems with hav­ing a two-month long period with no one to speak to.

How do you sym­pa­thize with Edward in respect to women? Is he the knight in shin­ing armor about whom we appar­ently all still dream?

I hear often that this story is too old-fashioned and encour­ages women to take on sub­servient roles. I don’t think that at all! Even when Bella some­times has moments of help­less­ness, she is still only a fic­tional char­ac­ter. What are we com­ing to, if every fic­tional film char­ac­ter is auto­mat­i­cally a role model for our society!

“Twi­light” rep­re­sents very old-fashioned val­ues. Bella and Edward first go to bed with each other after their mar­riage. Are you also against sex before mar­riage?

I believe rather, that every­one has sex before mar­riage (laughs)—then and now. I also don’t believe that girls ‘must respect them­selves’ or that boys only want ‘the one’. If you behave like a gen­tle­man, because chastity really suits you—okay. But if you take it for the newest fad in the dat­ing world, then it’s rather off the mark.

You said once, you find that the saga, with­out sex, is sexy…

Yeah, I think so. Every one of us knows the time, before some­thing hap­pens between a cou­ple, when you’re still totally inse­cure: Does the other per­son like me or not? That is def­i­nitely the riski­est time! This moment can last an eter­nity. To this sweet uncer­tainty also comes anx­i­ety, espe­cially if it’s the first time for both peo­ple. I believe this worry stirs up desire. And in this case, the period of desire lasts almost four books.

You are cur­rently shoot­ing “Water for Ele­phants” with the Aus­trian Christoph Waltz. How are you get­ting along with him?

Christoph is stun­ning, an insanely nice guy. He is not only a ridicu­lously good actor, he is also really funny, help­ful, and a good col­league. I like his work ethic. I mean, the guy has won an Oscar—and despite that he is recep­tive, open-minded, and not the least bit snooty. And Reese With­er­spoon is the same. It may be the nicest cast that I have worked with yet—a really great experience.

You seem to only work. What would the per­fect day look like for you?

Recently I stood in the desert, far out­side of L. A., and watched the sun set on a cir­cus tent from 1930. Every­where stood ani­mals: ele­phants, tigers that should be loaded into a steam train. 300 extras in cos­tumes raced around, the mod­ern world had dis­ap­peared totally. Although that was totally fake, it still hap­pened directly before my eyes! That was my per­fect day. I would be gladly expe­ri­ence that every day. It hap­pens con­tin­u­ally to me: It calls itself work. That is won­der­ful and more than enough.

Source => Die Presse / Translation => Pattinson Online / Via => Pattinson Life---Thinking of Rob