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Twilight star wants role to sink teeth into

Robert Pattinson is "annoyed" by the parts he is offered.

The 23-year-old star – who shot to fame playing vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight - claims he is rarely given roles which test his acting abilities.

The star complained: “Annoyingly, there are so few parts I feel I can add anything to, or that I want to do. Acting is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

"I don't want to be an actor for the sake of it. I don't find any particular pleasure in being an attention-seeker."

Robert admits he is intimidated by his newfound fame, insisting he thought the film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's vampire drama would be "something really small".

He added to AnOther Man magazine: "It's strange because even though the figures show that the books were successful and sold millions of copies, you couldn't even buy them in London.

"Hardly anyone I knew had read them.

"I had no idea at all. I'd seen my co-star Kristen Stewart in Into the Wild and some of the director Catherine Hardwicke's other films, and that's all I thought it was, something really small.”

- BANG! Showbiz

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Bruno' premieres around the world

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 29: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses after a press conference ahead of the Australian premiere of 'Bruno: The Movie' on Macquarie Street on June 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

    LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of Universal's 'Bruno' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

    Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

    LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of Universal's 'Bruno' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

    Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

    LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Atmosphere at the premiere of Universal's 'Bruno' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

    Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

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