'Twilight' hottie Robert Pattinson is the focus of international attention now that his long awaited vampire film has finally debuted. Click to read some interesting tidbits from the worldwide press that we've assembled as well as some revealing personal quotes.

Robert, 22, who was born in London and began acting in his teens, beat out 3,000 people to play Edward in 'Twilight'. Being a longtime performer, he shot to fame by appearing in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.' The day before the film's London premiere, Robert "was just sitting in Leicester Square, happily being ignored by everyone. Then suddenly strangers are screaming your name. Amazing."

His musical abilities: "I have been playing the piano for my entire life - since I was three or four. And the guitar - I used to play classical guitar from when I was about five to 12 years of age. Then I didn't play guitar for like years. About four or five years ago, I got out the guitar again and just started playing blues and stuff."

Fame and becoming a teen idol: "I think about it all the time! No, I don't -- it's impossible to think what it's going to be like, because I've never been hugely popular or anything in my life, so it's going to be weird. I hope I get a bit of an ego afterwards!"

An acting role model: "I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything I did, I don't know why. I watched 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' when I was about 13, and I dressed like him. I tried to do his accent. I did everything like him. I think it kind of stuck with me."

Growing up with girls: "Up until I was 12 my sisters used to dress me up as a girl and introduce me as 'Claudia'! Twelve was a turning point as I moved to a mixed school and then I became cool and discovered hair gel."

The influence of school: "My favorite teacher was probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages of nonsense and she'd still mark it. She was a really amazing teacher."

While you're waiting to see the movie, which hits theaters on November 21, check out our other 'Twilight' links! Go here and here to see interviews from Monday night's big premiere! Then, go here to see scenes from the movie, and go visit our men of 'Twilight' gallery, our women of 'Twilight' gallery, and see the very first interviews ET ever did with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart!