Robert Pattinson may be an A-list star – with an emphasis on the A-list – but just like some of us, he’s still struggling to find himself both in Hollywood and in society at large.
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It’s weird that the mega-star, who gave us “Twilight’s” Edward Cullen and Batman, should feel this way, but I guess that just means he and and I have something in common. Joy!
Anyway, in his recent interview with Interview magazine, he opened up about combatting anxieties before even stepping foot on a movie set.
Robert Pattinson – Says He Has A Deep Fear Of “Humiliation”
Pattinson recently talked with Interview magazine’s Jordan Firstman about the behind of the behind-the-scenes of what takes place in his daily life as an actor.
One of these is a fear of not being committed to a movie enough to bring it to life in a way that he would be proud of. And this is why he handpicks his movies.
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“I have a deep, deep fear of humiliation,” he said. “And also, you sort of know it’s down to you. You can say it’s a shitty script or the director’s a dick or blah, blah, blah, but at the end of the day, no one’s going to care about the reasons. You’re the one who everyone’s going to say is lame. And the vast majority of people will say you’re lame even when you tried your best.”
Anxiety surrounding his acting career is something Pattinson previously shared with GQ magazine in 2020. At the time, he talked about the fear of being stuck in a declining career with no deals lined up and waiting for him.
“The problem which I was finding was, however much I loved the [indie] movies I was doing, no one sees them,” he told GQ. “And so it’s kind of this frightening thing, ’cause I don’t know how viable this is for a career. … I don’t know how many people there actually are in the industry who are willing to back you without any commercial viability whatsoever.”
Three years later, Pattinson still feels that way, even after playing the latest caped crusader and vigilante in Matt Reeves’ 2022 Batman. “I’m constantly thinking that you’re just going to spend the vast majority of your life unemployed and desperate and kind of feeling like you’re a total failure,” he told Firstman. “I think that’s just what life is.”
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The actor added, “I feel like you’re specifically at a maximum most of the time you’re doing a job, and you’re employed for three months. That’s the most stressful thing in the world.”
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