For the
September issue, ELLE took over Fields Market in West Hills, California,
turning aisles of organic produce, tuna cans, and soda into an everyday-glam
backdrop for Kristen Stewart’s cover shoot. At once the ultimate tough girl and
the vulnerable everygirl, Stewart has been bringing emotional, undeniable real
characters to the big screen for more than a decade. She has millions of fans
and a slew of new projects big and small, but the actress’s most impressive
feat to date may be her ability to tune out all the noise and just be herself,
no matter what
So what is it
like to be, well, Kristen Stewart? In her cover story, Stewart discusses if
having a private life is even possible for someone like her, how the sudden
fame brought on by the Twilight phenomenon shaped her and her public
image, and what actually makes her want to “fucking hang out and chat all day”
with strangers.
Stewart on letting her career evolve naturally:
“Never at any
point have I sat down and plotted how I should proceed from here on. As soon as
you start thinking about your career as a trajectory—like, as if you’re going
to miss out on some wave or momentum—then you’re never doing anything for
yourself anyway. Then you’re truly, actually, specifically working for the
public. You’re turning yourself into a bag of chips.”
Stewart on not being able to please all the people, all the time:
“Now I feel
like if I smiled for a paparazzi photo—not that I ever would—that’s exactly
what people would be desecrating me for. They’d be like, ‘now you’re going to
give it up, now you’re a sellout.’ like, okay. What do you want? What would you
like?”
Stewart on when she realized how big Twilight would
be:
“The day the movie came out there was a picture of me—in
the New York Post, I
think. I was sitting on my front porch, smoking a pipe with my ex-boyfriend and
dog. And I was like, Oh shit, well, I have to be aware of that.”
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