While shooting a film in Spain, a woman followed him to his home for several weeks. Because he felt bored at the time, he took her out to dinner, where, in his own words, he "just complained about everything." He never went back after that.
He was taught how to scuba dive because of his role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Pattinson began taking piano lessons at the age of four and classical guitar lessons at five. He was in a band called Bad Girls, then gave solo acoustic guitar concerts in bars and pubs in London, singing songs he had written himself.
He was expelled from school at the age of 12 for stealing pornographic magazines and then selling them to his classmates.
He learned to drive on the set of Twilight (2008) in a ten-hour accelerated course.
He did not know he had been cut from Vanity Fair (2004) until he attended its premiere. The casting director felt so guilty that she gave him the chance to audition for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
His role in Good Time (2017) was written specifically for him after he spontaneously emailed the Safdie Brothers (directors) without knowing them and having seen only one of their previous films, Heaven Knows What (2014), online. He was so struck by the energy of the film that he felt a strong desire to be involved in their next project. After the directors met him, liked him and were inspired by his enthusiastic energy, they began writing the script.
He beat out 3,000 people to play Edward Cullen in Twilight (2008).
During the shooting of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011), he adopted a dog from a shelter in Louisiana and named it Bear.
In Vanity Fair (2004) he at one point played Reese Witherspoon's son, and in Water for Elephants (2011) he played her lover.
Sports: He said darts and billiards are more his sports, and he made up that he liked snowboarding and football for his Harry Potter audition.
Acting idol when young: Jack Nicholson.
Before playing in Twilight, despite having appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), he was not sure whether he should choose acting as his career path. He considered the idea of going to university to become a speechwriter for politicians, or whether he should try his luck in the music industry.
He practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
His favorite video game of all time is Final Fantasy VII.
He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Robert, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner placed their hands and footprints in the cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2011.
He is a former schoolmate of British actor and stand-up comedian Jack Whitehall.
He was named the 1st Sexiest Man of 2011 by Glamour.
He was awarded the 2008 Best Actor prize at the Strasbourg Film Festival for his role as "Art" in How to Be (2008).
Growing up, he had no interest in acting at all, and a teacher at school even told him he should not pursue the profession.
(May 10, 2010) He earned a place on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) with a tribute by Chris Weitz.
He is good friends with Tom Sturridge, with whom he attended school from the age of 12. After Robert appeared in Harry Potter and moved out of his parents' house at 18, they lived together in a small flat in Soho, London. He is the godfather of Tom's sister Matilda Sturridge's child.
Robert Pattinson has two older sisters, Elizabeth (Lizzy) and Victoria. Lizzy is a personal assistant and singer, and she took part in the 2014 talent competition The X Factor UK and made the top six in her category. Victoria works in advertising. His parents are Clare (née Charlton), who books at a model agency, and Richard Pattinson, a car dealer who imports vintage cars from the US.
He was named GQ (UK)'s Best-Dressed Man of 2009. "Extremely elegant and inspiring, the true essence of a contemporary man." Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, designers.
He was named Rolling Stone Magazine's Hottest Male Actor of 2008.
At 15, because he was quite shy, he began acting in amateur plays at a local theatre club after his father persuaded him. After a viewing play, there was a talent agent in the audience at an adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and he discovered him.
Until the age of 12 he attended Tower House School, and afterwards Harrodian School in Barnes, London. Most of what he earned from his first acting job (a supporting role in the television film Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)) went toward paying his fees at Harrodian.
He was considered for the role of Maurizio Gucci in House of Gucci (2021).
He became the face of the Dior Homme fragrance in 2013 and of Dior Homme menswear in 2016.
He ranked 23rd on Moviefone's "The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25" (2008).
I played guitar on the Death Grips song 'Birds'.
He was named Yahoo's Best Heartthrob Movie of 2008.
He was named one of Forbes' Breakout Stars of 2008.
He was named one of the best of 2008 by Entertainment Tonight (1981) (ET).
He was in a relationship with Kristen Stewart from mid-2009 to May 2013.
He was awarded Hello Magazine's Most Attractive Man of the Year Award for 2008.
Moviefone's No. 1 Sexiest Young Star Under 25 of 2009.
He was named one of the LA Times' Breakout Stars of 2008.
He was chosen by the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Committee as the recipient of the 2008 New Hollywood Award.
One of People Magazine's 2008 Sexiest Men Alive.
He supports Arsenal Football Club.
His role in Vanity Fair (2004) was cut from the final production.
He names Corky Romano (2001) as one of his favorite films of all time.
He was in a relationship with British singer FKA twigs between 2014 and 2017.
He auditioned for the role of Lucas Lee in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010), but the role went to Chris Evans.
I was born at 5:00 in the morning on GDT.