If you took away publicists and things and people spoke for themselves, then they'd have to be responsible for their words.

I haven't found one place in the world yet where I could disappear.

It makes me feel like working non-stop: at least, on sets, the level of security gives me a bit of privacy. It's a relief.

After the first one [Twilight], people started referring to it as a franchise, but a franchise is a Burger King or a Subway. It's not a movie. The people who start to say it are generally the people who are making money off of it. They love it when something becomes a franchise. But, as an actor, I think it's scary.

Most of the time I'm by myself finding the next thing. Being an A&R guy, basically. I don't know how long I can do this for. I'm constantly fascinated by actors who are so confident with their career that they do a project and then go on vacation.

That was the good thing about having different directors [on series]. You had to stay on your toes.

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors you want to work with, doing little movies. There are no guarantees. I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of, if it's my last one. That's how I think about it.