Have you missed Robert Pattinson? I have. I feel like there hasn’t been any good gossip about him in months and months. Granted, he spent much of last fall knee-deep in Hollywood starlets, but I think he spent Christmas in England and I have absolutely no idea where he is these days. Is he still in London? Did he come back to LA? I don’t know. But he has been keeping it largely undercover lately, and Radar says that it’s all part of a new, quieter, not-chasing-fame Sparkles.

Sorry, Twihards: Twilight star Robert Pattinson “doesn’t want to be famous anymore,” and hopes to move behind the camera, a friend of the actor tells Radaronline.com exclusively.

The very private movie hunk who shot to fame along with his co-star and former girlfriend, Kristen Stewart is growing tired of the constant adoration from millions of fans, says the source.

“The cost of fame is the thing he and Kristen used to complain about all day and that hasn’t changed at all for him,” Pattinson’s pal explains.

So now, the British-born actor, 27, “is looking at a whole new approach to his future and is even considering going to theater school to focus more on getting behind the camera,” the source claims. “Rob’s been talking to a lot of independent filmmakers, and­ the last thing he wants to do is act in another blockbuster. He would like to direct a movie one day.”

Pattinson’s weariness with his fame as vampire Edward Cullen came through last year in an interview with Germany’s Interview magazine. The actor appeared to diss members of his extensive fandom when he sighed, “Twilight has its own parallel world, its own fan culture that has been forming on the net since day one — and in an intense way that has never existed before. Sometimes I ask myself what these masses of people do the whole day,” he said. “They sit in front of their computers and comment on anything having even remotely to do with Twilight.”

The media scrutiny only grew more intense after Stewart cheated on him in 2012, the source notes.

“Rob really can’t stand being famous, even though he loves his job,” says the friend. “I’m sure all the hell he went through with Kristen was the final straw for him as far as fame is concerned.”

[From Radar]

Well, I don’t think Kristen was the “final straw” actually. Because after their break-up and subsequent on-and-off nonsense that went down for months, Rob was partying a lot and as I said, hooking up with a steady stream of starlets, many of whom were in the Robsten Circle of Friends. He also partied with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix, which is never a good sign. I’m just saying… while Kristen’s infidelity probably contributed to Sparkles’ current angst, it’s more than possible that he’s just sick of the entire Hollywood scene. For good reason.

Incidentally, I keep seeing the Dior Homme commercials and I can’t help but think that Dior completely mishandled the build-up to this campaign and the campaign itself. I do not think Dior got their money’s worth out of Sparkles in any sense, and that’s on them not Sparkles. Also: a few weeks ago, the first trailer for Sparkles’ movie The Rover dropped. It actually looks pretty good, but that’s because of Guy Pearce.

Photos courtesy of Dior, Fame/Flynet.