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We have so many Kristen Stewart stories today because she’s promoting the American limited release of her Cesar-Award-winning performance in Clouds of Sils Maria. She’s been giving interview and most of the quotes are interesting. There’s enough stuff to nitpick, if you feel like it, or you can just let Kristen’s ART wash over you. She genuinely seems to be in a good place in her life right now and you can feel her happiness in some of the new interviews. Speaking of, People Magazine has a “source” (perhaps Kristen’s publicist) who had some words to say about Kristen’s state of mind in the wake of the widespread reports that her ex-boyfriend, Robert Pattinson, is engaged to FKA Twigs. The source says:

“Kristen is doing fine, working and traveling, and she will survive Robert’s engagement. She has her own life and has moved on. Kristen lives a much more low-key life now and seems happier. It was obvious that she was struggling with the media attention [during her relationship with Rob].”

[From People]

Sure. I don’t think anyone doubted that Kristen would “survive” if her ex got engaged. The mere fact that some sourc/publicist phrased it that way gave me pause though. Now I’m actually wondering if Sparkles’ engagement has bothered her more than I previously believed.

Meanwhile, Kristen has a new interview with THR – you can read the full piece here. It’s well-written and sympathetic. Some highlights:

She doesn’t have Oscar dreams: “I’ve never, ever been like, ‘One day, I’m gonna win an Oscar.’ Truly, my ‘one day’ was always, ‘I’m gonna be a director! One day, I’m gonna direct movies!’”

On winning the Cesar: “I’ve taken so much sh-t that I’m just like, ‘I’m not the winner!’ I’m not gonna be let down when I don’t get the pat on the back. I’m totally used to the kick in the ass…[But] Oh, man, it blew my head off, to be honest. I couldn’t believe that I got nominated, and then obviously I really, really couldn’t believe that they gave it to me, because those people rigidly dole out praise, especially to Americans. It felt really good.”

Being criticized for lip-biting and being twitchy: “I’m fully and 100% subject to that…It has taken serious adjustment time…There’s just nothing that I can really do about that.”

The rumor mill/gossip: “If you think about the source of it all, which is really the big, big, big green monster of cash, there’s just no way that that’s stopping. It’s a new industry — celebrity news is a whole new form of entertainment — and it’s a huge, booming, f—ing money-making industry, so why would it stop? I love what I do and so it’s worth protecting. Hopefully, one day people’s priorities will shift a little bit. Unfortunately, onto somebody else.”

She’s happy to get older: “Actresses go crazy when they feel like they want to hold on to what used to be, or whatever. I’m so satisfied and happy and absolutely looking forward to what’s to come. Talk to me when I’m 30, and then I’ll be like, ‘Ahhhhh!’”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

There’s nothing she can do about lip-biting? I mean, I know what she’s saying, there’s nothing she can do about people criticizing her for random stuff. But she actually could try to limit her on-screen and off-screen lip-biting. As for her humility about awards and never having the goal of winning an Oscar… do you believe her? I mostly believe her. She hustles for her films (to her credit), and that sometimes includes going to events for the Hollywood Foreign Press and Oscar-type screenings. Do I think somewhere, deep inside of the Lip-Biter, maybe she does want to win an Oscar one day? Sure. But I can’t slam her for it. She honestly has a better chance at winning an Oscar than, say, KELLAN LUTZ.

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