Robert Pattinson

[on getting the part of Cedric] I knew the casting director from another movie which I did, and they wanted to see me for this part, but I was doing another movie over the casting period, so I ended up seeing Mike Newell and Mary Selway and Fiona Weir – who were casting at the time – before anyone else was seen for casting. And then, I went to do this other movie, and then the day I came back… I got a call back and basically, that’s what happened.

[on acting] Sometimes I think, ‘To hell with acting’ and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much cooler.

I’m always shocked by the people who I’m attracted to. It’s always completely random. I generally like people who are a bit crazy but yeah, that’s pretty much my only prerequisite.

My worst habit is speaking to much.

The day before the film (Harry Potter) was released, I was just sitting in Leicester Square, happily being ignored by everyone. Then suddenly strangers are screaming your name. Amazing.

[On strange stories written about him] Recently a magazine had on the cover that I was pregnant. I was just like, “Wow!” It was without a hint of irony. I didn’t know what to make of that one. I saw a couple of comments under the article saying, “That’s why he always wears jackets. He always wears layers to hide it.

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

British politics, when done well, can be very fun. John Oliver

Take it easy, be a sport. Just remeber life is short.

I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I’m a fast reader.

There’s nothing worse than a bunch of jaded old farts, and that’s a fact.

You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.

I am now determined to do really weird parts but I think I overdo it in auditions so nobody really trusts me!

I think Pete did have a hard time as a kid with his appearance. But don’t all kids have a hard time? God, I had a hard time, too. I was little with bow legs and rickets. I used to get picked on like everybody used to get picked on.

There are different audiences out there, and everyone has different tastes of what they want. And it’s a good thing because otherwise, there wouldn’t be enough stuff to go around.

Freddie will have been dead for 20 years in November. I was staggered because it doesn’t seem possible that all that time has passed and I still miss him. He was my best friend, my best man. We shared so much and I owe so much to him.

You could put a blond wig on a hot-water heater and some dude would try to f**k it.

I never thought that I would have a career in show business…

A lot of actresses start out modeling because it’s a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That’s all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.

Everyone wants to be black so bad I wake up feeling so exclusive!

What good are fans? You can’t eat applause for breakfast. You can’t sleep with it.