Robert talks 'Cosmopolis', Cannes, Nude Scenes, His Dog and more in a new interview with Interview Magazine Germany

Some parts are new, some old. Posted here and here
ETA: Better translation by @linhey via RPLife

Interview.de His fans were very excited when Robert Pattinson visited Berlin a few weeks ago. The actor wasn't here to promote his role of the vampire in "Twilight", but to present David Cronenberg's film adaptation of Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis".
We spoke with the Englishman about his old and new roles and also about his best and worst moments of last year.

INTERVIEW: Mr. Pattinson, your hair has gotten longer again. You had your hair cut into a buzz cut back then. Was it for your role in "Cosmopolis" or "Bel Ami?"

ROB: Neither, it was for a movie in which I'm playing a soldier who found Sadam Hussein. The shoot was supposed to start in spring but it was postponed until fall.

INTERVIEW: Your roles left the fantasy genre and have become more realistic, do you agree?

ROB: As an actor, you just have to be very lucky to get great roles and when I like one, I'll take the opportunity. If they do get more realistic, it's either a coincidence or it happens subconsciously.

INTERVIEW: In front of the "Kino International" here in Berlin - where "Comospolis" will premiere this evening - faithful fans have been camping out since yesterday. Do you think about the possibility of scaring them off with such roles [as yours in Comospolis]? Your fans might want to see the vampire Edward Cullen instead of Eric Packer, a billionaire with an identity crisis.

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NEW/OLD FANPICS OF ROB FROM COSMOPOLIS PROMO - BERLIN AND PARIS

 

Thanks RPLife 

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH WIRTSCHAFTS WOCHE

Translation by @McAvoyDi Via  RPLife

Wiwo/WirtschaftsWoche:Thanks to the "Twilight" movies you're one of the big earners in the movie industry.
Pattinson: There you're mistaken. This is greatly exaggerated.

But you have sufficient available financial resources to invest. What principles do you follow?
I do not have any, because I'm not very good at spending money or investing. I have simply no idea. Okay, I've spent money on a house, but I hardly use it because I travel so much.

Real estate is still a reasonable investment.
Yes, but I don't think so. The whole financial world makes no sense to me. Only then when everything goes wrong. Because their categories are absolutely absurd, it's based only on illusions. Why should Facebook suddenly be worth over $100 billion?

Appropriately,you're now playing an finance genius in your new movie "Cosmopolis" . Were you aware of the relevance of this story?
Everyone who sees the film, says that it deals with the fall of capitalism. But when we shot it, nobody thought of that. For us, the movie was about the absurdity of power in general. The protagonist didn't necessarily have to be a financial shark. But appropriately enough the "Occupy Wall Street" movement started just at that time. And the movie scenes that show the insurgents look like a reflection of the events.

Would you tried to join the Occupy movement since you already don't have a great opinion of the financial world?
Absolutely. However, the people would think me hypocritical if I did that. Although I agree with many of the principles of this movement. Ever since working on this movie, I became even more sensitive to it, more aware.

It is so ridiculous that people who want nothing more than lead a normal life, have to work for minimal wage to do so, while a minority has so much money available, that they lost touch with it. For them it has become pure gambling. And the law has no meaning anymore.

Then I ask myself: Why do I vote at all anymore? The President has no say. It's just typical that my character in the film has absolutely no idea who the President is. You become so successful that every aspect of life is only an abstraction. Even the success as such means nothing to you anymore.

Is this true for you?
I am well aware that I had luck with the "Twilight" movies. I've literally fallen into a made nest. They say you have to earn your luck. For me it is the opposite. I will work every single day for the next ten years to justify this. 

So in the real life, you don't drive in limousins where you don't notice what is going on around you - like your character in "Cosmopolis"?
Not really. But even if I did that, then it was necessary, because me and my "Twilight" colleagues were chased by fans. One time the driver accidentally turned into a parking garage - and a whole lot of people came after us. It was like "Jurassic Park".
I'm not at all shielded from reality. And the people around me contradict me constantly. So much, that sometimes it really gets on my nerves (Laughs).

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH PROSIEBEN

  Prosieben.De YouTube/kris1787 RPLife

Rob talks about his character, Eric. He mentions his mum and older sisters "having strong women" in his life, growing up.
At 3:35, Kristen plays Snow White, the fairest of them all..can you describe her beauty. Is she also the fairest for you? YES!
Rob also talks about how their movies (Kristen and Taylor's, as well) are being judged against the success of Twilight.
Also, talks about taking all his roles seriously, and works just as hard for all of them

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH SAT1 . BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

sat1 YouTube by@Kris1787 via RPLife

Full translation thanks to @Kris1787

I've just seen your movie.
Rob: Did you like it?
It's really crazy
Rob: It's pretty weird. It's pretty out there.
It's definitely no teenage movie
Rob: Yeah no. unless you are a really clever teenager or really interested in big limousines

In the movie there are many nude scenes. You have much sex with many different women. How was that?
Rob:Its strange. Half of the sex scenes was not planned to be sex scenes. They should take place after the sex. The script said: "They just had sex", but David said on the day: "You have sex now". All my preparations, all the work and the huge dialoge scenes that I've thought about, I could throw away.

Has you girlfriend Kristen seen the movie?
Rob:Yeah, yeah

How did you prepare her for all these scenes with all these different women?
Rob: The only problem is, when the movie isn't good. And then there is the question: "Why are you doing this? Why are you playing so many sex scenes in such a bad movie? If it's intersenting and believable, then everything is okay."

When did you decide to make your relationship official?
Rob: To be honest. I don't talk about my relationship. Simply because I never did this. Since I started doing interviews. No... simply no.

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH SPIESSER. BERLIN PRESS JUNKET + TALKS ABOUT KRISTEN

  Spiesser.de 2 Translation/via RPLife and McAvoyDi

Rob answers questions from fans 
1. What would you do if you were a billionaire?
2. Do you prefer playing a supernatural being or a human?
3. How do you deal with the fact that the role of Edward Cullen will likely stick around during your acting career?
4. What do you hate most about your celeb status?
5. How does it feel for you to be on the red carpet and be cheered on by so many people?
6. Out of the actors you worked with so far who inspired you the most? "I loved working with Kristen..."
7. What movies have inspired you most? More the classics or the big Hollywood blockbusters?
8. How do you manage to just always look so relaxed and cute and styled and tousled at the same time? (verschtrubbelt means more hobo looking lol)

Robert Pattinson asks back, "What do you think the movie version of" Cosmopolis "?"

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH WELT ONLINE

Welt OnLine (Translation by Google)
Berlin (DAPD). Actor Robert Pattinson has previously kept away because of self-doubt ambitious roles. "I have now signed up for many projects that last year I would have thought that I wasn't good enough for them as an actor," said the "Twilight" actor to DAPD news in Berlin. The turning point was the drama "Cosmopolis," that recently was in competition at the Cannes Festival.

"As an actor, if you are invited to Cannes, you see yourself in a different light,"said the 26-year-old Briton. His response: "Maybe I can make really cool movies."

After nude scenes in the period drama "Bel Ami", Pattinson had in "Cosmopolis" for director David Cronenberg drop the cases. "I'm always very inhibited, because I'm English," confessed the actor. "Everyone else always feels so comfortable in their own skin on sex scenes. I'm the one that falls into a panic." Trust it to the director, it would be easier. "If you shoot a movie you don't really like, you feel yourself just a little like a prostitute."

In the film adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel "Cosmopolis," Pattinson plays a financial shark who is personally and professionally before the crash. The film will be on Thursday (5 July).via RPLife

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH FOCUS ONLINE (GERMANY)

Focus.de "Acting has nothing to do with the brain, it exists for thousands of years already. And it is only since the 50s, since Lee Strasberg, that it became analytical," the 26-year-old said to FOCUS.

 "Actors need a voice and a face – and maybe balls," said the Briton, who lives in Hollywood. In his new film “Cosmopolis”, on the 5th of July in the German cinemas, Pattinson embodies a multi-billion punters. Personally, the young multi-millionaire has no experience with financial investment, or fund shares.

He spends his money on "completely silly things like dog food"told Pattinson. "Or for telephone bills. I never get a European cell phone when I’m here. And then suddenly I have to pay $20,000."

Via Gossipgyal RPLife Full article translation. @_kathe_ via  ToR Still by C.Cronenberg.

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH CICERO ONLINE

Cicero.de Google Translate/Via Gossipgyal

Mr. Pattinson as Eric Packer is leaving once his aura, his limo, and now he is attacked with a cake. Was there a similar moment in your career?
Strangely, I have a similar scene in "Water for Elephants" shot.  But otherwise, no, not that I know of.  Maybe in a metaphorical sense ...

No aggressive paparazzi and overzealous fans? 
 No, that has been trusted, no one.  Thank God that would have otherwise had a bad injury. 

How would you describe your character in the movie?

 Eric Packer is a man who looks at the whole world very abstract, himself, his body, his fellow men.  He wears egomaniacal trains and lives in its deepest interior withdrawn, in a world where there is not the actual reality.  Throughout the film, he finally tries to regain control of his body, about himself, until he gives up completely at the end.

What will remain of Eric Packer?

 It's weird.  I had to remember me as much text and I thought these lines would disappear from my head as soon as each scene is filmed.  But the words are still there, I can still memorize the entire script.  It sounds stupid now, but there are times a day, which I quote passages DeLillo, error-free.  David (Cronenberg) always says: "It's like the Bible!  There is a quote for every occasion! "Somehow DeLillo's words are still with me arrested.  Its importance is more and more aware.  Especially in the scene with Samantha Morton, as we talk about the future, there are passages that haunt me literally.

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Rob Answers a Question About Mission: Blacklist

Rob talked about his latest project with Mission: BlackList France at the Cosmopolis Premiere in Berlin.Here's the audio/transcript

Question: Hi! One of your next projects is Mission:Blacklist. What made you choose this role and are you really going to scout locations in Iraq? 
Robert Pattinson: I read the script. I thought the script…I didn’t even realize that the script was a real story and then they told me it was a true story. I met Eric Maddox who it’s based on. He’s one of the most fascinating people I have ever met and the story’s amazing. We’re looking into Iraq, I mean he was there, I mean it’s quite difficult obviously to go there, but I think it would be a good thing to do to go and start… you know. They also have a few pictures from the Berlin premiere

Some new fan pics of Rob from the Berlin Premiere.

    

Thanks MBlklist France

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ROB AND DAVID CRONENBERG'S INTERVIEW WITH FILMSTARTS (GERMANY)

  Filmstarts YouTube patty13Mai

Rob talks about his character, Eric Packer. "People who are the most normal are probably the most crazy."
Also talks about the parallelism of DeLillo's story to the modern times, also mentions the Jeffrey Dahmer vid research. He also talks about Eric's world affecting the other characters.

Talks about the Cosmopolis and movie trends "Why is there no American new wave? Its like every other country has a new wave, every one else has a renaissance of movie making, but American actors, English actors are so scared to do anything other than franchise stuff, its crazy. I don't know...maybe it's because I've already done a franchise."

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ROB AND DAVID CRONENBERG'S INTERVIEW WITH MOVIEPILOT. BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

 Starts at 0:33, Rob's Interview 0:54.
Talks about his character. Talks about his career perspective after Twilight's success.
Rob talks about the Cosmopolis script, "it's quite complex... I like the lyricism of the script when I first read it, but in terms of really understanding it. I didn't really get it until we started shooting, then I started getting the rhythm and feeling of it..."

@melcitron/  RPLife.

Some parts of the Q and A are the same as the first vid. Rob talks about his fave scene to shoot (with PaulG) at 1:19. At 2:18, Rob talks about Mission:Blacklist. "The movie  doesn't have a title yet...(shooting) next couple of months."

missionblacklistmovie

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AUDIO: NEW ROB INTERVIEW FROM THE COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

Rob talks about getting inspiration from the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer for Eric's character.

From the Premiere


YouTube RPLife

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NEW ROB INTERVIEW FROM THE COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PREMIERE/PRESS JUNKET

Rob Interview at 1:22 and 2:09. via/YouTube Gossipgyal Thanks A.
Includes coverage of the Cosmopolis Berlin Premiere.

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH BILD DE. COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

Bild.de via/YouTube RPLIfe

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH BILD + NEW PIC FROM THE COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

  

 Bild is a German tabloid so take that as you will - Roughly translated with Google.

Berlin. In 'Twilight' - where he played a vampire teen star, Robert Pattinson (26) now plays in 'Cosmopolis' (starting July 5th in theaters) a sex-obsessed Yuppie.
B: Have you ever been poor?
Rob:Oh, yes. Before I filmed 'Twilight' I've been poor. If you're young it doesn't really matter.
B: And now?
Rob:It's crazy, even though I now have much money, I live the same life as before. Nevertheless, it cost me a lot of coal. It's damn expensive to be normal.
B: Why?
Rob: Before, I set off with 25€ and it was enough for the whole night in the club. Today I give loosely 12,000 in one night! And I can not just go shopping. I have to pay people  do it for me ...

Scan @NewmoonVampire1 via  RPLife

Update via ROBsessed/ Kate1706K
They asked him whether he has ever been poor and he responds saying that before Twilight he was but these things don't matter when you're young. He also says that still lives the same life as before, only that it is much more expensive now to keep living a normal life. Before, when he went out he would only take 20 Euros with him, whereas now he spends 12.000 in one night. he also cannot just go shopping, he has to pay people to do it..

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NEW ROB AND DAVID CRONENBERG PORTRAITS FROM THE COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PRESS JUNKET

   



   

  Thanks pattinsonlife/ RPLife From the Cosmopolis Press Junket, May 31, 2012.

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH ANNA FACOMPRE. COSMOPOLIS BERLIN PROMO

Source It's Thursday, May 31th in Berlin, and, after having seen 'Cosmopolis' at a media screening in the morning, I am meeting Robert Pattinson for an interview in the afternoon.
They have put us in a dark but cozy room on the ground floor of a fancy Berlin hotel. Robert is dressed in a casual black T-Shirt an Jeans, seated right in front of a window and sipping some coke. Or Diet Coke. I didn't ask. He is also chewing a tooth pick the entire time, as he is trying to quit smoking.

Let me just say that he was kind, relaxed and very approachable. He was laughing a lot and seemed happy to be promoting the film.


Hey Rob, it's good to meet you. How are you? 
Good, good, thanks.

How do you like Berlin?
(He laughs) I love it, but it's so annoying. Every time it's at the beginning or the end of the tour. Every time I feel like I am only here for one single day, so I never really get to see it.

And now they put you in a really dark room for the interviews, didn't they?
And there's people standing right outside the windows (laughs).. a bit weird.

Let's talk about Cosmopolis. In the scenes in the limo, the camera seems to always be really close to you and focused on your face. Was that difficult?
It's strange because you could remove the pieces of the limo, but it was still the same size as a normal limo. And the camera was on a crane and literally really close to my face. It would just move by remote control, like a robot. And there was no one else in the car, which was weird. You get a completely new relationship with the camera. It's like you're more and less aware of it at the same time. It's weird because there is no one actually behind the camera. It's a totally different aspect to shooting.

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH ZDF. MENTIONS KRISTEN

 Rob: (about Kristen's performance in OTR) "yeah, no she's doing amazing in Snow White as well" .... (would he like to work with Kristen again) "I mean I'd love to, yeah. I mean I don't know soon, it's like..but uh, yeah I think she's great." Thanks Courtney from the comments. 


At 0:17 he says that it is five years after Twilight start and that it is nice that fans still are excited - altough he has been in Berlin only two month ago.
0:40 "I don't know if the fans will like it, but always doing what the audience taste - the won't like it. At
1:11 Kristen is doing great with SWATH, would like to do another movie with her, but don't know when that happens.
1:40 Really like Berlin, had great holidays here once, would like to stay for some time.
Thanks Moe, also from the comments.

 @ZDF.de via  ermynee_wazlib at Pattinsonlife RPLife Youtube veronicaspuffy

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