I can't deal with criticism very well. I've already got it from one angle. I don't need it from anything else.

When you read the [Twilight series], it's like saying 'Edward Cullen is so beautiful I creamed myself'. I mean every line is like that. He's the most ridiculous person who's so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn't do it. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that's how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he's a 108-year old virgin, so there's clearly some issues there

I don't even know if Stephenie [Meyer] could tell you why she was so fixated on [Twilight] very, very contained story about these very obsessive characters. It's just an anomaly.

I always think everything is going to be my last job so every single day is a gift. This whole life is an accident for me.

I have a natural propensity to work on big piles of poop.

I definitely want to record an album, direct a film and start my own religion.

It's easy to get stagnate, if you play the same character. In New Moon, I felt like I was going a little bit deeper.