Various Rob Quotes

..I hate my name. I hate any reference to my name. I wish people would completely invent a new one..”

“I’d like to be called ‘Ransom Spunk’ or ‘Spunk Ransom.’”

“it is still strange though. I just don’t get the immediate recognition thing, where like, I was in Frankfurt airport yesterday and people just immediately know who you are. It’s never like ‘are you..?’, it’s just like ‘can I have a photo?’.”

“But instead I’m just getting more and more conspicuous; I’m wearing two hoods, a hat and sunglasses, which kind of stands out in the middle of the night. So I’m learning to sprint.” Rob on disguising himself.

“My friends from London who were here the other day were just thinking ‘why is everyone going on about your hair?’ Like it’s completely insane.”

“MTV: Welcome to Comic-Con, Rob. Have you had time yet to look out at all the people?
Robert Pattinson: No, I haven’t. I’m terrified that they’re all the hate-mail people [laughs], and I’m going to get killed.”

“MTV: You’re about to head downstairs, where you’ll appear in front of 6,500 screaming Twilighters. What’s your game plan?
Pattinson: Umm … try not to wet my pants? Try to be the tiniest bit as articulate as I can? Try not to look like I’m crazy? I don’t know if I’m even capable of doing any of those things.”

“I try to choose things which are something that I’m going through in my life… Jobs that will help me realize or add something about myself. I don’t really think about it in terms of a career.”

“Technically I am driving, but I don’t actually know how to drive.”

“That’s the worst thing, I don’t really care if people say I’m a bad actor, I can like work on that, but if they just say that he’s ugly that’s just like ‘oh…really?’”

“You can never be known for what you want to be known for…People will know you for whatever they want to know you for.”

“I got expelled from my school when I was 12.”

“Spider-Man. I like the outfit; I like a little bit of spandex.”

“When I was entering the building, I saw a girl, and she was so baffled by me; she just looked so underwhelmed. I’m like, “Don’t worry. I get that all the time.”

“I went to one of these signing conventions. It was one of the most interesting experiences I’ve had. It was so strange that people would pay for autographs. You keep thinking you should do a little dance for them as well or something.”

“..then it turns into hell. Like all kisses do.”

“I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning 10 a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15.”

“I quite liked Sharkey and George and then there was a cartoon with rapper MC Hammer in it – Hammertime – I loved that cartoon, it was genius! They don’t make cartoons like that anymore.”

“I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but my report said I didn’t try very hard.”

“Who have I always wanted to play? Batman would be really cool, but Batman is a boring guy; like, Bruce Wayne is kind of boring. I haven’t seen the ["Dark Knight"] yet, but in the comics he was always straight-laced. Spider-Man was quite cool, but he had to be a geek. And then there was Superman. But I always liked Gambit from “X-Men.”

“Write a book! How many times do I have to tell you do not be an actor!”

“I guess I’m just a control freak, I don’t like the way the film industry is . . . If you come with a good script and then it goes to the studios and gets financing, it all gets changed because they want to make money. And it’s like, how do you know if it’s going to make money or not? All you’re doing is making it generic when you do that, and making it generic is no guarantee that it’s going to make money either..The only way to abandon that is to take risks, and you need to be able to trust people. So you get a company together with people you know are good and you know work hard and you can make good stuff. That’s kind of what I want to do.”