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"Female fans swooned earlier this year when photos surfaced of a shirtless Robert Pattinson filming New Moon.\r\nBut the heartthrob, 23, didn&amp;apos;t like taking it off.\r\n&amp;quot;I felt pretty goofy stepping out into the sunlight in front of 2,000 people in a town square, ripping my clothes off,&amp;quot; he tells Parade. &amp;quot;I was essentially doing a striptease.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nStill, he felt the scene had some irony. He says it was &amp;quot;one of the moments where I&amp;apos;ve really felt closest to people&amp;apos;s emotional attachment to Edward,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;There were so many extras in that scene who were Twilight fans who had flown in just to be a part of it. It was a moment where I&amp;apos;ve felt the whole weight of anticipation, and I guess responsibility as well, of being Edward, for all the people who were kind of so obsessed with the stories. It was quite uplifting, and it was also very nerve-wracking.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhen it comes to Twilight, he says he has some things in common with his character, the vampire Edward.\r\n&amp;quot;Edward is pretty self-righteous, and I guess I am too,&amp;quot; he tells Parade. &amp;quot;I get quite obsessive about things and possessive as well.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe says he has &amp;quot;very specific ideas&amp;quot; about how he wants to do his work and how he wants to be perceived &amp;quot;to the point of ridiculousness sometimes.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t listen to anyone else,&amp;quot; says Pattinson. &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s why I don&amp;apos;t have a publicist. I can&amp;apos;t stand it if someone is trying to tell me to do something, even if it&amp;apos;s probably a mistake sometimes. I&amp;apos;m like a control freak about it. I&amp;apos;ve never really struggled with anything until recently. I&amp;apos;ve got to stop being so self-depreciating because people are starting to believe it. Like, &amp;apos;That guy is an idiot.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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