The actor said that although he does not like the pressure that comes with playing Edward Cullen, he accepts that the franchise "opens doors".
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"Doing something like Twilight opens doors and it closes others," Heat quotes him as saying. "You can say, 'Oh if I was still unknown, then no-one would judge me'.
"But at the same time, nobody would give a s**t either. It's a weird little balance."
Pattinson also admitted that he doesn't believe himself to be funny enough to star in a comedy.
"One of my legs is shorter than the other one, so that makes everything look really awkward," he said. "I can look like an idiot, but I don't know if I can be witty."
Pattinson is currently starring in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis and has been described as a "sensational" actor by the director.
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