Kristen Stewart Fears The Media/Paparazzi Is After Her Soul
Yesterday we saw the new coverphoto of Kristen Stewart on the cover of the new issue of Dazed & Confused magazine looking, well, dazed and confused and today we get to see a couple photos from her Dazed photospread. Additionally, we get to hear from the lass herself explaining how she believes that the ever-present paparazzi is after her immortal soul. Uh huh. Dazed and confused alright:
It seems like everyone wants a piece of the “Twilight” cast these days. Ever since they began filming the first movie in the series, the “Twilight” stars have become immensely famous. And with that fame comes all the speculation about their personal lives and the media’s never-ending need to see what the group — especially its leading stars, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson — are up to at any moment of the day. It’s something that Stewart addresses in the September issue of the British magazine Dazed & Confused. And it’s a fitting topic following the photos that surfaced of Stewart and co-star Robert Pattinson getting cozy at a Kings of Leon concert last weekend in Canada. “The fact is, the paparazzi and most interviewers, they want your soul,” she said in the magazine. “It’s so scary because your persona … and I guess I now have one, because people think of me in a certain way … is all based entirely on quick snippets of crazed moments in your life. And that is what people then base their entire opinion of me on!” She added that in those interviews, people can misconstrue what she says in any number of ways. “Anything you say can come and bite you in the ass,” Stewart said. “It’s not even like you say things you don’t mean, it’s just that sometimes they come out wrong.” The 19-year-old also said that when she chooses projects, she’s careful to pick roles that she can relate to. “With ‘Adventureland,’ and pretty much everything else I’ve done, I’ve been lucky because they’re characters I really identified with,” she said. “Sometimes, I’ll read something and it has something about it that makes you need to live it, and if you don’t, it’s like an unconsummated relationship.”
You gotta admit, she’s absolutely right about the way people form opinions based on tiny snippets of her life that are seen from afar. But, because she is a carefully guarded celeb, that is all the public has to go on and the gaps have to be filled in by conjecture and assumption. She’s wise enough to know what’s going down, you’d think she’d be wise enough to understand that nothing about her sitch can be changed. The girl may appear a bit squirrely but I suspect she’s far more normal that most people believe or want to believe. At the end of the day, she needs to just enjoy her fame and fortune cuz it could disappear sooner than she prolly would like … the same goes for any celeb. It would behoove her greatly if she just focused on the blessings in her life cuz her bucket overfloweth these days.
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August 18th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
LMAO @ “Squirrely”
August 18th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Funny, for someone not wanting to be seen as a “persona” it seems that’s the very thing she’s creating. Just a different type.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
so true buckley
August 18th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
If you don’t want the attention, please choose another career path.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Hey Kristen, if you weren’t interested in people sticking their noses in your life, ’stealing your soul’, then you should have considered a different “career”! It’s not like the paps weren’t around before you became an “actress.”
August 18th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Trent i like your attitude
August 18th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Whats with the clown costume?
Shes smart enough to realize thats how the industry works, but doesn’t do anything about it except whine.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I’m so over this little girl. Please can we get a real actress. Love the Squirrley comment…very true…
August 18th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
When the Twilight Saga is filmed and rapped…this girl is done…She will fade away back to the “D” list.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
So she believes that she is a useless heap of crap? Because that is what Bella is, and if she relates so much to her, then I guess she considers herself one too.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I don’t think she is really complaining but just saying that people will think what they think no matter what she says about herself because no matter what she says they formed their own opinion and think they are right. Idk that’s just what I get cause she says she appreciates her job maybe she doesn’t say it enough? Lol maybe she is justine of those people that everything she says comes out wrong cause I know I am:)
August 18th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I think people give her such a hard time. They take her quotes, her facial expression when she is just walking down the street, her clothing, everything too far. I agree that she is probably very normal. And not every actress gets this kind of scrutiny. Twilight has made her and Rob magnets for attention much larger than what an actor in a different movie or tv show would get. She is a great actress, and I highly doubt she will disappear after Twilight. She has already been in so many smaller films where character development is the focus…I don’t think she would have gotten those if she didn’t have true talent.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I’m not saying she’s not a talented actress, but when you choose to audition for a part in a series like Twilight, when you know the books are wildly successful, you have to somewhat expect this type of attention. And I think she should understand that as long as she’s getting this attention, people are going to buy tickets. When people cease to care what she & robert pattinson are doing, then THAT’S when she should worry.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
This young actress has been in 17 movies prior to the Twilight series and was able to float under the radar, so I can understand why she is a little surprised by all of the attention she’s receiving now. And Twilight wasn’t as big of a phenomenon before it started filming and became so publicized (or at least no one I know who’s obsessed was before they started previewing the movie). I’ve enjoyed Kristen Stewart in many films before and I’m sure after Twilight is over I’ll like her in many more. People give her such a hard time but she’s just a teenager caught up in something she originally thought was supposed to be yet another indie film. She seems like someone who likes the craft rather than the attention, not really her fault she signed up for something so pandemic.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
What’s wrong with saying how she feels? People seriously need to lay off the girl.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I think she is very ungrateful. While so many families lose their jobs and can’t afford to feed their families, she is making millions of dollars from reading words on a page. So she needs to GROW UP and realize she is lucky as hell and if she can’t, step aside and let one of the millions of aspiring actresses appreciate it.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Uh, where in the interview did she say she was ungrateful?? Looks like most of the peanut gallery here, including Trent are doing exactly what she said the media does – misconstrue her words.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
She is so beautiful and a great actress…. plus, a smart gal too, which is rare in hollywood. I hope to see her in many films to come… she is like this generations’ Audrey Hepbrun:)
August 18th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I agree with Missy. Nicely said, girl.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
So many of you jumping to exactly the same conclusions that she is talking about in the article. The media and the haters have labelled her as an ungrateful brat who doesn’t appreciate her fans or what she has.
Those “…..” in the article mean they have left stuff out. Come on peole, who can believe anything that is written these days?
Sadly there are also a ton of articles and on camera interviews where she talks how much she appreciates the fans of Twilight and the opportunities being in the franchise have given her. But no one wants to talk about those interviews.
She seems really low key, not out every night hammered (or if she is, we don’t see photos of it) and just seems to be trying to do her job. Yes she is not the best at interviews, she gets flustered and doesn’t have the standard Disney answer that so many others have. But that is what makes her different.
Obviously she has talent. She wouldn’t have been cast in the movies she has been – with high calibre actors like Jodie Foster, Donald Sutherland, Robert Deniro, William Hurt to name a very few if she wasn’t talented.
Every actor who has worked with her raves about her. Catherine Hardwick flew across the country to audition her. Robert auditioned for the role in Twilight partly because Kristen was attached to it.
I know that those of us who respect her as an actress & think she is a pretty rad chick are beating our heads against a brick wall trying to get many of you to even acknowledge that she is a talented actress who has been totally pidgeon-holed by the press.
What would you prefer – awkward, “squirrely” K-Stew or Miley dancing on a stripper pole? Oh wait. God told Miley to shake her a** at the Teen Choice Awards so that makes it okay right?
Sorry, long rant. Rant over.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Suzanne- that was the best rant ever. Especially the end of it.
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I’ll admit at first when Twilight first came out and I saw her on interviews and such things to promote the movie. To me, she seemed sort of displeased with being there, and like she didn’t want to deal with the fans.
Screaming, obsessed fans can give anyone a migraine after being around it for an extended period of time. But I have looked into other movies that she has been in. She is talented, but I think people are expecting to much out of her.
Honestly, I would rather be in a room full of toddlers throwing temper tantrums then be in a room with Twilight fans. Some of them a flippin crazy. But I think now, that she is used to it she is starting to smile more and enjoy the meetings more then when it first happened.
That’s what I don’t get, you can’t tell what a person is the first time you meet them. Nor can you tell what a person is truly like by what you read online, or in magazines. Because unless you talk to them directly you will never know.
I was kind of eh, with her. But she seems very mellow and like she wants to act because she enjoys playing different roles. Not for the fame(though I’m sure the money that comes with the job is a major plus)
You know that saying ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover’ I think that applies here. Maybe she is just putting up a front because she doesn’t want others to know the real her. Or maybe she isn’t.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
um…I’M so confused- what are we looking at in the picture on the left? I know they’re doing their fancy effects and all, but it makes it look like she’s really malformed below the waist..
Well, even though I feel annoyed when I see her looking sloppy and acting cracked-out, I have to admit that I would’ve acted exactly like she’s acting when I was..however old she is- 19? She’s smart and perceptive and not a fame hungry prosta-tot like Miley Cyrus or whoever, but she’s still very young and..I’m guessing probably a little on the sassy side, naturally, so it’s going to take a while for her to feel comfortable with all the hoopla. ..HOOPLA?
August 18th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I love you Bella Swan! I’m sure it’s hard…but totally fun too, and you are living forever who who gives a squirrels butt about your soul, right? Actually , I haven’t read the last book yet so I don’t know what happens….
August 19th, 2009 at 3:24 am
i dont like her but she’s got a point.
its a shame for those who love acting and who are talented at acting but hate attention/personal intrusion to be in the industry. heath ledger and russell crowe both come to mind (great actors, want it as their career, but not all the personal intrusions).
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unfortunately, it seems like people accept that acting and having your personal issues known to the public go hand in hand, but really it doesnt have to be that way. its just what we’ve accepted as the norm.
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ah well. im not much better, because i read celeb blogs. however i get what she means. but i still dont like her lol.
August 19th, 2009 at 4:01 am
I have to say she is pretty awkward in her acting as Bella, which is dissapointing cos Bella the character is nothing like that but in terms of her personally – who cares? If she acts, she acts that’s all we need to care about.
August 19th, 2009 at 6:22 am
@ Suzanne…Well Said Girl!!!!
August 19th, 2009 at 7:16 am
@ Hello – I’m going to politely disagree with you. Bella’s character is awkward & clumsy UNTIL she becomes a vampire – And I like Kristen, she seems interesting. Keep em talkin girl!
August 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Paparazzi are low life scums. Bums are more respected than them.
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August 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
She’s not adjusting so well to this fame thing. But I have to say that she looks pretty in those photos.
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August 19th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I think it’s really interesting how so many people will jump to both criticize and defend someone they don’t know. I personally think she’s stunning and talented, and she deserves the privacy and respect that we would all want, actors or not. :)
August 19th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
that’s the whole point. she never wanted this ”fortune and fame”, she wanted to be an actress and there are plenty of amazing actresses that are never found within tabloid magazines, such as Meryl Streep. Before twilight she only starred in small indie films which actually showcased her amazing abilities and then for some reason she signed on to do this damn movie without ever realizing how many people knew about this shit and now has to deal with something she never asked for. give her a fucking break jesus
September 19th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Why does it have to be all about her being ungrateful and that she should choose another career? I think it’s kind of blasphemous that people who want to ACT, not meaning they automatically want all of the things that go with it, are dubbed ungrateful. The art of acting and the shit that comes after and two different pools. Acting started off as acting. The media/hype/rumors came along after. I think it’s bullshit that people say you should change your dreams because of peoples’ pathetic obsessions with “personas”. Fuck that. Fight the system!