ROBERT PATTINSON dreads embarking on the search for his first home - because he's convinced the paparazzi will follow him and reveal his new address to the world.The Twilight hunk has spent much of the last two years living in hotel rooms around the world, trying to avoid public confrontations with the media and fans - but now he's desperate to settle down and spend a little of his movie fortune on a dream home. But he's worried his new retreat will become a mecca for the Twilighters. He says, "I really want to try and get a house. It's very, very difficult. I always think, just the actual process of looking for a house - if they're (paparazzi) following you, it defeats the entire purpose of trying to find a secret house... I'm absolutely awful at it (avoiding the snappers)."

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ROBERT PATTINSON asked a sexy fan to strip for him as a joke - and was stunned when she started peeling off her clothes.The Brit has learned he has to watch what he says in front of crazed fans - because they'll take him at his word. In a taped interview with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, which will air on Thursday (19Nov09), the 23-year-old actor admits he was taken aback when a fan started undressing in front of him at an autograph-signing session. He recalls, "I kind of got bored... She asked, 'How can I get your attention?' I was like, 'Just take your clothes off.' "She stood there and frantically started taking her clothes off and got dragged out of the room by security. I never felt more terrible."

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Movie hunk ROBERT PATTINSON got so caught up in Oscars fever earlier this year (09) he lost his car - and still hasn't found it.The British Twilight star admits 2009 has been a terrible year for him and motors - he crashed the rental car he picked up after his vehicle went missing. He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I drove to the Oscars in my little old car, which I don't even know where it is anymore. I lost it! "I borrowed a fancy car for five days and crashed it." He reveals the crash took place as he was trying to outrun the paparazzi: "People never followed me when I had my little old BMW."

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ROBERT PATTINSON has refused to hire a publicist because he doesn't want to lose control of his life.The Twilight actor fears he will be sucked into the Hollywood machine if he allows an agent to control his representation in the press and handle all his affairs. And Pattinson insists he couldn't stand taking orders from a publicist - because he is too independent. He says, "I have very specific ideas about how I want to do my work and how I want to be perceived. I don't listen to anyone else - that's why I don't have a publicist or anything. I can't stand it if someone is trying to tell me to do something."

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ROBERT PATTINSON has given up attempting to play down rumors of a romance with TWILIGHT co-star KRISTEN STEWART - because the press always find a way to twist his words.The actor has become tabloid fodder since shooting to fame in the vampire franchise and his close relationship with Stewart, who plays his love interest in the Twilight movies, has sparked claims of a real-life secret romance. Both stars have continually denied the reports and Pattinson admits he has quit trying to convince reporters there is nothing romantic between them. He tells Vanity Fair magazine, "It doesn't make any difference what you say (to the tabloids). I've literally been across the country (from Kristen), and it's like 'Oh, they were on secret dates!' It's like 'Where? I can't get out of my hotel room!" But Pattinson treasures Stewart's friendship because she is unfazed by fame and understands what he's going through. He adds, "She's influenced how I've done all the Twilight stuff. It's quite nice to ...

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ROBERT PATTINSON based his enigmatic TWILIGHT character on movie icon JAMES DEAN.The British actor shot to international fame when he took on the role of heart-throb vampire Edward Cullen in the hit bloodsucker movie. Pattinson did a lot of research before he started shooting the film, and admits he used Dean's performance in Rebel Without A Cause as the basis for his character. He tells USA Weekend magazine,"Rebel Without A Cause was a big influence on the first (Twilight film) - it influenced the hairdo and stuff. In lots of ways, it has a very similar character arc: an everyday girl brings this relatively strange individual out of his slump."

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ROBERT PATTINSON is contemplating quitting acting after TWILIGHT - because he's unsure if he wants a long stretch in the film industry after the vampire franchise.The 23 year old has had a rollercoaster ride from relative unknown to global superstar since taking on the role of blood-sucking Edward Cullen. Now Robert Pattinson is looking into the future, and admits he's thought about giving up acting for good. Referring to his character, Robert Pattinson tells Seventeen magazine, "I don't even know if I want to be an actor that long. I don't even know how to be someone else... if I start doing lame work, I'm not going to stick around and do it!"

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RUPERT GRINT and ROBERT PATTINSON have both been tipped to play PRINCE HARRY in a movie about the British monarch's life.Director Peter Kosminsky is set to begin casting for biopic The Spare, which will depict the royal's experience losing his mother Princess Diana and serving for the Army in Afghanistan. The filmmaker is said to be considering British actors Grint and Pattinson for the lead, as well as Pride and Prejudice star Rupert Friend, according to Britain's Daily Star newspaper. Kosminsky explains, "I feel a sense of compassion for the guy (Prince Harry). His parents break up in the most spectacularly public way, his mother dies in the most tragic and, again, public way and everything is picked over. "He's a man born to no role. His brother's the heir and Harry's the spare." The White Oleander filmmaker is refusing to rule out recruiting an American star, adding: "My personal approach as a director is that I read the script and people start to pop into my head."

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ROBERT PATTINSON and KRISTEN STEWART fans can get an exclusive viewing of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON before it hits theaters - for a whopping $100.A special charity screening of the second movie in the vampire franchise is taking place in Knoxville, Tennessee on 17 November (09), three days before the film debuts in cinemas. Stewart and co-star Taylor Lautner will attend the screening, in aid of Variety - The Children’s Charity of Eastern Tennessee. Fans can gain entry to the exclusive event by entering a random lottery and, if successful, purchasing a maximum of two tickets for $100 each, according to website GossipCop.com.

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ROBERT PATTINSON fans would all be studious if he was at the head of the class - the actor has topped a new list of dream teachers.Devotees insisted they'd pay attention and aim for great grades if the Twilight hunk was their English literature teacher. Pattinson beat Hollywood supercouple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie also made the fantasy school wish list, with fans voting them the perfect drama and chemistry teachers, and music mogul Simon Cowell was hailed the ideal media studies man in the GetPark.co.uk Top Teachers survey. James Bond star Daniel Craig also made the list - as the fantasy school's physical education coach.

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