Robert Pattinson

I spent a long time trying to figure out how to play (Edward’s part) without making a fool out of myself. The whole book is written from Bella’s perspective and she’s in love with him. I mean, the guy can be anybody – he could be an alien – and you see past everything if you’re in love with someone.

I think Daniel (Radcliffe)’s… just so far superior to me in terms of desirability, so he didn’t really have much of a competition with me. If I were Katie, I would definitely go out with him because he’s rich and famous, and I’m not really!

Then I got a call the next day from the assistant director saying that they were putting me on a personal training programme. I thought that would be pretty cool, because it would make me take it seriously. It was run by one of the stunt team, who are the most absurdly fit guys inthe world. I can’t even do 10 press ups. I did about three weeks of that, and in the end I think he got so bored of trying to force me to do it that he wrote it all down so that I could do it at home.

I’ve been using the fan websites as I was acting it, because they know so much about the books, and it’s really helpful as a resource.

I am now determined to do really weird parts but I think I overdo it in auditions so nobody really trusts me!

I don’t really see the point in washing your hair. If you don’t care if your hair’s clean or not then why would you wash it?

In the past, there has been a stigma surrounding community colleges, where they were seen as a less viable option because they are not four-year universities. I know differently and so do the millions of people across the country who have received an affordable, quality higher education at community college.

The function of this school is custodial. It’s here to keep these kids off the streets until the girls are big enough to get pregnant and the boys are old enough to go out and hold up a gas station.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

As precious as knowledge itself is the learning. As precious as any reward is the earning.

You must work on improving your skills every day and never quit.

We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

I don’t care what their [Guns N’ Roses] record is. If you need a blood donor and the only person who can give you a transfusion is Hitler, you take the blood.

The biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.

Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.

Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take. We want this not only for his sake — but for the future of our nation’s sake. Nothing matters more to the future of our country: not our military preparedness — for armed might is worthless if we lack the brainpower to build world peace; not our productive economy — for we cannot sustain growth without trained manpower; not our democratic system of government – for freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

I just am not good at math.