What was it about Robert Pattinson that made آپ think he was the right guy for the lead?
He’s the right age. He looks right. He looks good in a suit. He looks like he could be a young, tough, billionaire. And I’ve actually thought he was quite a good actor who was very underrated in a similar way to Keira Knightley, I think, when I was thinking of her for Dangerous Method. Both of them have had great financial success and are stars based on franchises, but of course to do that آپ have to have a kind of screen charisma, آپ have to have a presence, which آپ can’t buy یا create; آپ either have it یا آپ don’t. That doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a good actor, though. But آپ have at least that. I looked at all the stuff that he’s done, and I thought he’s a really good actor. And then I spoke to him, and thought not only that, but he’s a really smart actor. And he’s funny, and he’s very sweet. That’s when I tried to convince him to do the movie, which he was a little afraid of, just because I think he doesn’t know how good he is, basically. And I think now that he’s done the movie, he’s starting to understand how good he is. Because he’s terrific.
And was he a پرستار of your work?
He knew my work, yeah. What’s interesting, too, about Rob is that he’s very well educated in terms of فلمیں and movie history and foreign films. On the set, he and Juliette Binoche were talking about the most obscure French films and stuff like that together. He really knows his stuff. And yet, as I say, he’s a completely down-to-earth, sweet guy. Lovely to work with. And very funny.
Are آپ going to go see Breaking Dawn?
I think I’ll wait for the screener.
You’re not going to go with the screaming fans?
Well, I don’t feel the need to line up, let’s put it that way. And I’m sure there’s going to be big lines for it. But, آپ know, basically I know what Rob can do having worked with him. I don’t have to see Twilight now. I certainly looked at the first two, though, when I was thinking about him.
آپ did?
Oh yeah, sure. And I watched Remember Me, and I watched Little Ashes. Which is maybe a movie آپ don’t know, but he plays a young Salvador Dalí in that movie with a Spanish accent. And I thought that was pretty interesting, very daring of him to do that, and it indicated to me that he was an interesting, serious actor.
And آپ were impressed with the work in the first two Twilights?
I was impressed with his screen presence and a lot of his stillness, and a lot of other things. But the other فلمیں showed me he had range. He had the range that I wanted.
He’s the right age. He looks right. He looks good in a suit. He looks like he could be a young, tough, billionaire. And I’ve actually thought he was quite a good actor who was very underrated in a similar way to Keira Knightley, I think, when I was thinking of her for Dangerous Method. Both of them have had great financial success and are stars based on franchises, but of course to do that آپ have to have a kind of screen charisma, آپ have to have a presence, which آپ can’t buy یا create; آپ either have it یا آپ don’t. That doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a good actor, though. But آپ have at least that. I looked at all the stuff that he’s done, and I thought he’s a really good actor. And then I spoke to him, and thought not only that, but he’s a really smart actor. And he’s funny, and he’s very sweet. That’s when I tried to convince him to do the movie, which he was a little afraid of, just because I think he doesn’t know how good he is, basically. And I think now that he’s done the movie, he’s starting to understand how good he is. Because he’s terrific.
And was he a پرستار of your work?
He knew my work, yeah. What’s interesting, too, about Rob is that he’s very well educated in terms of فلمیں and movie history and foreign films. On the set, he and Juliette Binoche were talking about the most obscure French films and stuff like that together. He really knows his stuff. And yet, as I say, he’s a completely down-to-earth, sweet guy. Lovely to work with. And very funny.
Are آپ going to go see Breaking Dawn?
I think I’ll wait for the screener.
You’re not going to go with the screaming fans?
Well, I don’t feel the need to line up, let’s put it that way. And I’m sure there’s going to be big lines for it. But, آپ know, basically I know what Rob can do having worked with him. I don’t have to see Twilight now. I certainly looked at the first two, though, when I was thinking about him.
آپ did?
Oh yeah, sure. And I watched Remember Me, and I watched Little Ashes. Which is maybe a movie آپ don’t know, but he plays a young Salvador Dalí in that movie with a Spanish accent. And I thought that was pretty interesting, very daring of him to do that, and it indicated to me that he was an interesting, serious actor.
And آپ were impressed with the work in the first two Twilights?
I was impressed with his screen presence and a lot of his stillness, and a lot of other things. But the other فلمیں showed me he had range. He had the range that I wanted.
[Considering] the same old you
Head on fast, but it came on easy
Now I won't be gone for long, at least I'm going [home]
[I'm here for you], now آپ know what آپ lost
Now آپ are the thieves that آپ pardoned
تلاش for need, it'll never come
Now آپ have fallen
There's مزید for their own now
Sometimes I need a focus, I need a reason
So, so long
Stray dog
You're only
Joker no, joker no more
Oh to each their own
When آپ can call on your mind
It's a crime to hold back the tears sometime
And, wasted wasted, all before
آپ forget what آپ came here for
And, آپ need to see the signs
And, آپ need to stop wasting time
And, start to save that stolen
Story that آپ heard before.
And I waited for you, but you're long gone
Stray dog
You're only, only a stray,
Joker no, joker no more
Yeah, stray dog
Head on fast, but it came on easy
Now I won't be gone for long, at least I'm going [home]
[I'm here for you], now آپ know what آپ lost
Now آپ are the thieves that آپ pardoned
تلاش for need, it'll never come
Now آپ have fallen
There's مزید for their own now
Sometimes I need a focus, I need a reason
So, so long
Stray dog
You're only
Joker no, joker no more
Oh to each their own
When آپ can call on your mind
It's a crime to hold back the tears sometime
And, wasted wasted, all before
آپ forget what آپ came here for
And, آپ need to see the signs
And, آپ need to stop wasting time
And, start to save that stolen
Story that آپ heard before.
And I waited for you, but you're long gone
Stray dog
You're only, only a stray,
Joker no, joker no more
Yeah, stray dog