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I Think That ‘new Moon’ Was My Favorite Book As Well Mainly Because I Like The Juxtaposition Of All Sudden People Being…it’s Such A Hyped Character, Edward, And There Are So Many People Looking At Him Like A Romantic Hero. In ‘new Moon’, The Way That I Read It Anyway, He’s Just So Humbled. It’s A Character Who’s Looking At Bella And Thinking That He Loves Something Too Much But He Can’t Be Around. He Deliberately Starts Breaking Up Their Relationship Which I Think Is A Very Relatable Thing And I Think Is Very Kind Of Painful.
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Robert Pattinson
I Think That ‘new Moon’ Was My Favorite Book As Well Mainly Because I Like The Juxtaposition Of All Sudden People Being…it’s Such A Hyped Character, Edward, And There Are So Many People Looking At Him Like A Romantic Hero. In ‘new Moon’, The Way That I Read It Anyway, He’s Just So Humbled. It’s A Character Who’s Looking At Bella And Thinking That He Loves Something Too Much But He Can’t Be Around. He Deliberately Starts Breaking Up Their Relationship Which I Think Is A Very Relatable Thing And I Think Is Very Kind Of Painful.
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Thinking
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Family
Friends
Hero
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Thinking
Important
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School
Compassion
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Criminals
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Thinking
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Regret
Hate
Romance
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Three
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Months
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Waste
Wasting Time
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People
Looks
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People
Want
Knows
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Romance
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Thinking
Glasses
Nuts
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Character
Hands
Play
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Thinking
Fundamentals
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Running
War
People
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People
Vampire
Up To You
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People
Why Not
Stories
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Cheating
Girlfriend
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Life
School
Lunch
I Was At A Small Private School In London. I Wasn't Very Academic. My Dad Said To Me, 'ok, You Might As Well Leave, Since You're Not Working Very Hard'. When I Told I Him Wanted To Stay On For My A-levels, He Said I'd Have To Pay My Own Fees, Then He'd Pay Me Back If I Got Good Grades.
Life
Dad
School
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Funny
Would Be
Burgers
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Sports
Men
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Trying
Brazil
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Years
Doubt
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Funny
Feet
Knows
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Funny
Girl
Mean
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Eye
Animal
Perfect Days
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Thinking
Careers
Acting
People Just Project Their Idea Of My Character On To Me And They Just Seem To Assume That I'm The Same, When In Reality I'm Not.
Character
Reality
Ideas
It's Easy To Get Stagnate, If You Play The Same Character. In New Moon, I Felt Like I Was Going A Little Bit Deeper.
Character
Moon
Play
The Other Night I Went Out To Have Dinner In A London Pub And The Barmaid Had This Whole Conversation Saying, 'you Look Just Like That Guy From Twilight'. Every Time She Came Up, She Said Something Like, 'you Literally Could Be His Brother'. But She Never Put Two And Two Together.
Brother
Twilight
Night
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?
Hair
Care
Clean
I Never Thought People Would Buy The Soundtrack [to Twilight]. So, It's A Little More Nerve-wracking Now. I Don't Know.
Twilight
People
Nerves
It's Hard For Them Because They Want To Be Proud Of Me, But I Keep Reminding Them That It's All Luck. Luck Is What Got Me Here, Nothing Else.
Family
Friends
Luck
I Still Remember, I Think It Was With The Third Movie, When We Went To Munich And The Entire Olympic Stadium Was Filled With Fans, And Just To Walk In There And Do Nothing.
Thinking
Munich
Fans
I Like Being A Part Of David Cronenberg’s World, I Feel Very At Home There
Home
World
Feels
My Worst Habit Is Speaking To Much
Life
Habit
Worst
There Was One Rumor That I Saw In A Magazine Saying I Was Pregnant. I Thought That Was Brilliant And It Still Crops Up Now. But It's Definitely Not True. I Can Promise You That.
Funny
Promise
Rumor
I'd Love To Be Able To Fit In A Box. Like One Of Those People Who Fit Into Small Boxes. I'd Love It.
Funny
People
Able
My Dream Job Is Being A Pianist
Dream
Jobs
Pianist
I Feel Like You Have To Earn Something With An Audience. If I Just Did It Now, I Think Producers On Any Superhero Movie, I Think They Wouldn't Trust Me To Do It The Way I'd Want To Do It, Because I'd Want To Do Something Basically Really Strange. I Think You Have To Earn That Freedom To Do Stuff Like That. So I Think, If I Keep Kind Of Chipping Away, Trying To Do Good Movies And Interesting, Strange Movies Then People Will Eventually Trust You To Do That On A Bigger Scale.
Thinking
People
Interesting
I Actually Quite Like Working With Kids And I Like Working With Animals, Which Is What Everybody Says You Shouldn't Do, Because It Makes You Feel Like You're Not Acting.
Kids
Animal
Acting
I Can't Say I Prefer Blondes, Brunettes, Or Redheads. I Like Emotion And Elegance. Even Expensive Clothes Do Not Guarantee A Good Look. You Must Be Yourself Above All!
Being Yourself
Clothes
Looks
I Read Some Gossip Thing Saying, Because I Looked Really Uncomfortable In A Paparazzi Photo Or Something, They're Like, 'he Should Get Used To It. That's The Price To Pay If You're Getting $12m A Movie'. If I'm Getting Paid $12m A Movie I'd Walk Around Naked. That's All Nonsense. I Don't Know Who Makes That Stuff Up. Even The Price For The First One Was Nonsense.
Gossip
Naked
Pay
I Always Get Carried Away When I'm Kissing. I Just Go Nuts! Walking Away After It Is The Strangest Moment For Me. It's Embarrassing - Not Knowing What To Say To Each Other.
Kissing
Walking Away
Nuts
I Think Betty White Is One Of The Sexiest Women In America.
Thinking
White
America
I’m, Like, A Compulsive Eater. I’m Going To Be So Fat When I’m Older, It’s Ridiculous.
Ridiculous
Fats
New York Seems Very Very Foreign To Me, Like More Foreign Than Almost Anywhere In America, And Almost Anywhere In The World, I Find It Like One Of The Most Overwhelming Places.
New York
America
World
The Script Changed So Much Over Seven Months And Just Had Loads And Loads Of Re-writes. I Tried To Tailor Things To What I Was Interested In, Like The Relationship With The Dad Changed Quite A Lot Because I Thought One Of The Things When You're A Young Guy One Of Your Biggest Fears Is This Irrational Fear Of Walking In Your Dad's Footsteps And Living The Same Life As Him. I Thought, Even If Your Dad's A Good Guy, You Just Want To Assert Your Independence On Everything And It Causes These Irrational Sort Of Rages.
Dad
Writing
Seven Months
You're Trying To Play Someone [edward Cullen] Who's Seen By A Lot Of People As Being This Perfect Thing, But What Is That? That Doesn't Really Mean Anything. You're Trying To Play An Archetype On One Hand And Then A Character On The Other, So I Felt Insanely Frustrated Right Up Until The Last Shot, And Then It Ended.
Character
Mean
Hands
The Girly Movie I Secretly Love Is Pippy Longstockings.
Life
Girly
Love Is
Your Ideas Dry Up Sometimes, And You Get Lazy Sometimes 'cause You're Around The Same People. That Was The Good Thing About Having Different Directors. You Had To Stay On Your Toes.
Dry Up
Ideas
People
I Still Had The Same Frustration With Trying To Play [edward Cullen], The Entire Way Through, Right Up Until The Last Shot. It's A Strange Part Because, On The One Hand, A Lot Of The Audience Projects Their Idea Of Edward[cullen] Onto Him. It Doesn't Matter What He Is. They Want Him To Be A Certain Way. And Then, My Instincts Were To Try And Play It And To Try To Find The Fallibility In Him And The Weaknesses.
Frustration
Play
Ideas
I Don't Listen To Anyone Else. That's Why I Don't Have A Publicist Or Something Like That. I Can't Stand It If Someone's Trying To Tell Me To Do Something Which Might Be A Mistake Sometimes.
Mistake
Trying
Might
I Have Been Called Taylor Lautner A Few Time Which I'm Quite Happy About. You Only Have To Look At Us To See How Funny That Is But It's Nice To Pretend I Might Be Hiding A Taylor Six-pack Under My Shirt.
Funny
Nice
Looks
But You're Not Really Allowed To Complain About Any Of This, You're Just Supposed To Be Grateful. And Obviously-i Get It. You're Lucky And You Should Appreciate Your Luck. But, I Mean, It Just Seems If You Even Hint That There's A Bad Side To Any Of This People Will Be Like-liar! I Guess It's Because People Want To Have It As A Dream
Dream
Liars
Grateful
I've Never Met Anyone Who's Left A Comment On Anything. It's Just Demons Who Live In Basements.
Demon
Mets
Basements
I'm Not Particularly Good At Coping With It. I Just Cope. I Just Leave My Brain At The Door And Just Stand There. I Can Get The Screaming More Than I Get The Photo Things. That's The Worst, When You Have This Wall Of Photographers. I've Never Understood The Logic In How They Do It. Everybody Shouts At The Same Time, And You're Trying To Do A Logical Thing, Looking From The Left To The Right. And They Almost Always End Up Looking Disappointed With You Afterwards.
Wall
Doors
Brain
It's Funny, People Were Asking Me How I'd Feel When It All Ends, On The First Movie, And I Don't Think I've Ever Felt More Completely Bewildered, Knowing That I Only Have A Month Of Twilight Stuff Left To Do.
Twilight
Thinking
Knowing
I Had To Do Two Roles In Two Days, I'm In A Hairflux.
Funny
Two
Roles
I Always Think Everything Is Going To Be My Last Job So Every Single Day Is A Gift. This Whole Life Is An Accident For Me.
Thinking
Whole Life
As Soon As You Have Someone Who's Providing Stuff To React To, Especially Working With A Baby, It's Great.
Baby
Stuff
Providing
It's Supposed To Feel Totally Foreign [to Play In A Series], Every Single Time. But, Going Back For Another Go At It Is Good, On The One Hand, But It's Also Bad, On Another Hand, Because Your Ideas Dry Up Sometimes, And Also You Get Lazy Sometimes Because You're Around The Same People.
Hands
Play
Dry Up
Most Of The Time I'm By Myself Finding The Next Thing. Being An A&r Guy, Basically. I Don't Know How Long I Can Do This For. I'm Constantly Fascinated By Actors Who Are So Confident With Their Career That They Do A Project And Then Go On Vacation.
Vacation
Long
Guy
I Never Do Anything Normal Anyway. I Just Get Other People To Do It Now.
People
Normal
Fame
I Quite Liked Sharkey And George And Then There Was A Cartoon With Rapper Mc Hammer In It - Hammertime - I Loved That Cartoon, It Was Genius! They Don't Make Cartoons Like That Anymore.
Life
Rapper
Cartoon
I Don't Even Know If Stephenie Meyer Could Tell You Why She Was So Fixated On This Very, Very Contained Story [the Twilight] With Obsessive Characters. It's Just An Anomaly. That's A Terrible Answer. I Don't Know.
Twilight
Character
Anomalies
I'd Like To Be Called Ransom Spunk Or Spunk Ransom.
Ransom
Spunk
I Am A Big Fan Of Music And Clothing Style Of The 1960s. Whether In England Or The United States, I Like Everything From That Time.
Style
England
United States
I Never Ever Would Have Thought Initially It Would Have Been Someone Like Pierce Playing Charles. I Think He Has An Innate Likeability To Him, As Soon As You Meet Him He's Very, Very Charismatic. Charles, On The Page, Was Someone Who's Very Domineering And Quite A Negative Character, And Pierce Just By Being Pierce Can Change The Whole Dynamic Of It, Which Made For A Much For Interesting Relationship. He's A Really Nice Guy.
Nice
Character
Thinking
I Don't Really Know How Accepted I Am. Nothing Ever Matters To Me Apart From The People With Negative Opinions. That's Literally It. That Always Drives Me On To The Next Thing. It's Funny, You Just Focus On Them And Then The Next Movie. That's The Only Thing You're Thinking About When It Comes Out.
Thinking
People
Focus
I Want To Be With My Wife. Sitting On A Deckchair, Sipping Some Tea, And Reading Books In A Retirement Home, In A Beautiful And Warm Place. I'm A Romantic Guy.
Beautiful
Retirement
Reading
My Little Cousin Tells Me I Look Like Magneto So I Guess That's Who I Should Probably Play.
Cousin
Play
Looks
This Is Crazier And Louder Than I Was Prepared For. With Every Week, The Fervour And Anticipation Seem To Grow. People Know My Name And Ambush Me In Public And Try To Figure Out What Hotel I'm Staying At And Ask Me To Bite Them And Want To Touch My Hair.
Hair
Names
People
I Used To Be Able To Be In England And Just Be Fine. No One Had Any Idea Who I Was.i Get A Lot More Abuse In England.
Ideas
Abuse
Able
I Walked Out The Wrong Car Door And Started Walking Into The Crowd, An Interviewer Said, 'give Your Best Horror Scream,' And Stan Did This Great Scream, And I Was Too Much Of A Wimp To Do One. It Was Pathetic!
Doors
Careers
Giving
I Went Out A Couple Of Times With Pierce. He's Totally Recognizable, And He Makes No Effort To Tone It Down. Some People Were Glancing Over At Us In The Restaurant, And He Just Went Over And Introduced Himself. And It Does Work. It Dissipates All The Attention. Me? I Just Crawl Under The Table.
Couple
People
Effort
Just Last Year I Couldn't Even Get A Date, And Then This Year… It's So Bizarre That Everybody Just Changes Their Mind At The Same Time.
Years
Mind
Lasts
Having A Persona People Recognize, It's The Thing That Probably Gets You Paid The Most - But It's Also The Thing That Virtually Every Actor In The World Doesn't Want. 'cause, Like, No One Would Believe Me If I Wanted To Play Something Ultra-realistic, Like A Gangster Or Something.
Believe
Play
People
It's Been Amazing To Play The Same Character Through So Many Adventures. And It's So Strange Because My Life Has Changed So Much Over These Years, But 'twilight' And Edward Cullen Will Always Be A Part Of Me. It's Been My Whole Life. My Whole 20s. And I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way.
Twilight
Adventure
Character
You Can Put A Dog In A Scene And Everyone's Going To Be Better, I Guarantee It. And If They're Not Better, Just Shoot The Dog.
Dog
Guarantees
Scene
[a Fan] Said, 'what Can I Do To Get Your Attention?' I Was Like 'um, Just Take Your Clothes Off.' She Stood There And Frantically Started Taking Her Clothes Off And Got Dragged Out Of The Room By Security.
Clothes
Fans
Attention
I Don't Know Much About Contemporary Music. I Do Have An Ipod But I Listen To A Lot Of Old Blues. I Listen To John Lee Hooker And Elmore James. I Have Been Listening To Them For Years. I Was Obsessed With Van Morrison For Years. I Went To See Him Recently Where He Performed Astral Weeks. I Just Spent The Entire Night Crying, But I Was Really Obsessed With Van Morrison.
Music
Night
Years
I Can't Deal With Criticism Very Well. I've Already Got It From One Angle. I Don't Need It From Anything Else.
Criticism
Needs
Angle
I Prefer To Be Someone Who Has To Confront His Many Fears Instead Of Someone Who Has The Illusion He Doesn't Fear Anything
Illusion
Twilight Fans Are Literally On The Verge Of Being Clinically Insane.
Twilight
Insane
Fans
Christoph Waltz Is Stunning, An Insanely Nice Guy. He Is Not Only A Ridiculously Good Actor, He’s Also Funny, Helpful & A Good Colleague. I Like His Work Ethic. I Mean, The Guy Has Won An Oscar And Despite That He Is Receptive, Open-minded & Not The Least Bit Snooty. Reese Witherspoon Is The Same. It May Be The Nicest Cast That I Have Worked With Yet.
Nice
Mean
Work Ethic
The Most Embarassing Is When Friends Ask You To Meet Up With Them And You Have To Tell Them "sorry I Can't Go To That Place" Because You're Fully Aware Photographers Will Be Waiting For You There. I Feel Like Such A Weasle When Things Like That Happen, Like The World Has To Revolve Around Me.
Sorry
Waiting
World
I Never Really Considered Myself Attractive, Really. I Was Always Kind Of Gangly In School.
Life
School
Kind
You Can't Win. The Annoying Thing Is That You Can't Attack Them, But You Can't Defend Yourself. The Best Thing You Could Possibly Do Is Punch A Paparazzi And Give Them Their Big Payday.
Winning
Giving
Annoying
The Whole First Movie [twilight] Was Pretty Fun. I Had Never Really Done A Movie Like It, When There's Such A Big Cast Of People That Are Around About The Same Age. Everyone Didn't Really Know What Was Going To Happen With The Movie, But There Was A Good Energy. There Was Something Which People Were Fighting For, In A Way. They Wanted It To Be Something Special. None Of Us Were Really Known Then, As Well. It Felt Like A Big Deal, At The Time.
Fun
Twilight
Fighting
I Have A Natural Propensity To Work On Big Piles Of Poop.
Poop
Natural
Bigs
I Never Understood The Nudity Thing. I’m So Envious Of People Who Can Walk Around Naked.
People
Naked
Nudity
I Don't Know If I Could Ever Really Be Cast In A Heartthrob Role Apart From 'twilight,' Which I Didn't Really Know Was A Heartthrob Role. I Really Don't Feel I Am One.
Twilight
Roles
Casts
If I Do Decide One Day To Stop Acting, I Just Hate The Idea Of People Going: 'oh, Did You Ever Do Anything Else Besides That Twilight Thing?'
Hate
Twilight
Ideas
If You're A Fan Of It, There's A Lot Of Things That Plays Into What The Fans Of The Series Want. If You've Never Seen Them Before, A Lot Of People Who Have Seen It Tell Me That It's The Most Accessible Of The Three. It's A Solid Story, By Itself, And It's More Of A Sort Of Action Film. When I Was Watching Twilight The Other Day, I Realized That You Do Need To Read The Book To Get It.
Book
Twilight
Play
I Haven't Really Decided To Be An Actor Yet! I Started Doing Plays When I Was About 15 Or 16. I Only Did It Because My Dad Saw A Bunch Of Pretty Girls In A Restaurant And He Asked Them Where They Came From And They Said Drama Group. He Said, 'son, That Is Where You Need To Go.
Girl
Dad
Drama
I'm Really Afraid Of Getting Hit By Cars, Like Terrified Of It. I`m Terrified Of Crossing Streets. I'm Also Very Accident-prone...i Think People Aim For Me.
Life
Thinking
People
Honestly, I Didn't Think That I Would Be Recognized So Easily.
Thinking
Would Be
Fame
The Only Thing That You Can Do Is Do Jobs And See If People Respond To That. I'm Always Holding Onto The Fact That I Don't Really Know Who I Am. Hopefully I Won't Compartmentalize Myself Because Of That, Because I'm Completely Ignorant Of The Whole.
Jobs
Who I Am
People
I Haven't Found One Place In The World Yet Where I Could Disappear.
World
Fame
Disappear
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

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Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


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Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



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6.1. Academic Writing

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Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



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Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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