Robert Pattinson Talks 'Twilight' In AnOther Man Mag: 'I Thought It Was Something Really Small': Cover Story

This week, Robert Pattinsons face will hit newsstands again. But instead of being splashed across tabloids like we saw in Bora Bora, this time RPattz sat down with UK magazine AnOther Man to discuss the trials and tribulations of fame and acting, and how he underestimated the popularity of "Twilight."

Roberts cover shot, styled by Nicole Formichetti and photographed by Hedi Slimane, channels the style of some of acting greats; somewhere between James Dean and Marlon Brando. Brando was the actor Robert had said before he was trying to channel when playing his first American role in Twilight. Like Brandos historic roles, Robert told AnOther Man he wants to exemplify the best side of acting.

"I don't want to be an actor for the sake of it, he told the mag. I don't find any particular pleasure in being an attention-seeker."

Its been a rehashed sentiment that Rob and the rest of the cast and crew were unaware just what a phenomenon "Twilight" was going to turn out to be, but Robert adds to the fact that at the time he was cast in the role of Edward, he couldnt even buy a copy of the first book in London.

"It's strange because even though the figures show that the books were successful and sold millions of copies, you couldn't even buy them in London," he said. "I tried a couple of bookshops and they weren't available. Hardly anyone I knew had read them apart from one girl, a friend of my sister. I had no idea at all. I'd seen Kristen Stewart in 'Into the Wild' and some of the director Catherine Hardwicke's other films, and that's all I thought it was, something really small."

He added: "I don't think even the production company had any idea the extent of the success they had on their hands until the weekend of its release."

"Twilight" has turned out to be anything but small, and with a potential three more films to hit screen — "New Moon" comes out in November, if case any of you forgot — Robert has his work cut out for him. But even with his sex symbol status, Robert says he is refusing to let fame come easy to him.

"Annoyingly, there are so few parts I feel I can add anything to, or that I want to do," he said. "[Acting is] the hardest thing I've ever done in my life."

The issue of AnOther Man hits newsstands in the UK Thursday, and can be bought in the United States October 16.

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