Actor Robert Pattinson is best known for his roles in the popular film series The Rover and the Pirates of the Caribbean films. He has also portrayed the lead role in the indie films Water For Elephants and The Ledge. In 2015, he released his debut album, titled Stormbringer, featuring tracks that were inspired by his film work. He currently resides in London.
Here are some of the best quotes from Robert Pattinson.
“I believe that acting is a form of meditation, which I find immensely challenging and deeply absorbing. It forces you to focus on what is important and leaves more room for creativity than usual. It also forces you to forget about your troubles for a while, even if only in the imagination.”
This is one of the first quotes that may pop up when you search for “Robert Pattinson” on YouTube. It comes from an interview that he did with Time magazine in 2014. In the interview, he discussed how acting helped him get through some tough times and why he thinks it’s an important creative outlet.
“I believe that acting is a form of meditation, which I find immensely challenging and deeply absorbing. It forces you to focus on what is important and leaves more room for creativity than usual. It also forces you to forget about your troubles for a while, even if only in the imagination.”
“I’ve always felt that art should mirror life as much as possible. If I’m writing a script that is very much influenced by my own life, then I want the story to reflect that. When I was growing up, my favourite films were always those that had an organic connection to real life.”
This is what Robert Pattinson says about his latest project, a film adaptation of the E.L. James novel, The Lunar Chronicles. He has been vocal about his admiration for the source material and spoke about how much he enjoyed the immersive experience of making the movie.
“I’ve always felt that art should mirror life as much as possible. If I’m writing a script that is very much influenced by my own life, then I want the story to reflect that. When I was growing up, my favourite films were always those that had an organic connection to real life.”
“I wanted the whole world to be my oyster and have adventures. But the most extraordinary thing happened: I found I had to be the one to open the lid and eat the pearl.”
When Water For Elephants director Ang Lee first approached Robert Pattinson to play opposite Angelica Albani in the film, he had no idea who he was supposed to be meeting. He was in for a big surprise when he saw how passionate the 25-year-old British actor was about playing the role of Marjorie Merriweather Van Cleef. He later told Vogue that making the movie was more difficult than he’d anticipated and that the experience was one of the most challenging of his life.
“I wanted the whole world to be my oyster and have adventures. But the most extraordinary thing happened: I found I had to be the one to open the lid and eat the pearl.”
He went on to say that he thinks Van Cleef is one of the “most fascinating characters” he’s ever played and that he’s amazed by the way people can relate to the character. He concluded by saying that he still has a lot to learn about “opening [his] mouth” and becoming a believable actor.
“I think Marjorie Merriweather Van Cleef is one of the most fascinating characters I’ve ever played. I think people can relate to her because she’s such a complex character. She does crazy things and says some pretty ridiculous things, but there’s definitely an element of truth in a lot of what she says. I’m still learning a lot about being an actor and about the craft, but I think I’m improving with each role.”
“I think the great thing about film is that you can literally be anyone. When you’re acting, you’re not restricted by the rules or conventions of ‘normal’ life. So anything is possible, which is quite liberating.”
This is what Robert Pattinson said about the liberating qualities of film in a 2015 interview with Screen International. At the time, he was promoting his upcoming album, Stormbringer, which is named after the 19th century German author, Heinrich von Kleist’s, novella, of the same name. The album, which was released in June, 2015, marked Pattinson’s debut as a solo artist. Like Van Cleef, Stormbringer has a “fascinating” story, which is “liberating” in itself.
“I think the great thing about film is that you can literally be anyone. When you’re acting, you’re not restricted by the rules or conventions of ‘normal’ life. So anything is possible, which is quite liberating.”
In the interview, Pattinson discussed how much he enjoys being able to portray “brave” and “daring” characters, qualities that he feels are underrepresented in pop culture. He also said that being able to play a character who is different from himself is “intellectually challenging,” but that he always finds a way to connect with the character within himself. In the same interview, he also spoke about the influence that cinema and film actors have on his own life. He said that he looks to the movies for inspiration and that it would feel “strange” to make his living solely off of theater.
“When I was 12, I watched all of the films of Alfred Hitchcock that I could get my hands on, and that really changed the way I looked at movies. I suppose it was the technical and visual sides of Hitchcock’s movies that really struck a chord with me as a young boy, and I still think that about his work today. I love the way he used light and shadow to create atmosphere, and how he used silhouettes and extreme close-ups to reveal character. That was a revolutionary technique at the time.”
This is what Robert Pattinson had to say in 2015 about Alfred Hitchcock and about the way the master of suspense used “visual storytelling” to create movies that still “charm” viewers more than 70 years after their debut. It’s clear that his passion and love for the man and his work is genuine. He also gushed about how much he looked up to Hitchcock as a kid and how much his work had influenced him as an adult.
“When I was a kid, my heroes were always the late greats: John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and James Dean. One of my earliest memories is of watching the classic film noir, Out of the Past, with James Dean in the main role. His performance in that movie still sends chills down my spine and makes me emotional every time I watch it.”
These are the types of movies that Robert Pattinson watched as a kid and that still have the power to move him to tears as an adult. The British actor became an overnight phenomenon in 2013 when he played the mischievous and adventurous Johnny Depp in the film, The Lone Ranger. Since then, he’s starred in numerous major films, many of which were acclaimed successes at the box office. These include the hugely popular adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio; the stop motion animated film, Babysitter, with Emma Roberts; and the action-adventure, Legend, opposite Tom Hardy. In 2017, he will star in a biopic about the life and works of the prolific Belgian surrealist, Georges Benois.