Here are some newish photos of Robert Pattinson arriving at Heathrow after flying in from LA. There’s nothing really notable about his appearance here, so I’ll only say that he’s doing a lot better about moving through the crowd of paparazzi at airports. He used to only keep his head down and look like he wanted to curl up and die. He’s gotten a lot better about moving quickly, keeping his head up and ignoring everyone around him. Anyway, The Rover comes out this month and there are some new, relatively minor interviews that Rob did in support of the film – these are interviews that sort of got ignored after his Esquire UK piece came out last week, but there are some decent quotes throughout. Some highlights from his interviews with Best Movie (Italian) and The Vent:

Whether he & Kristen Stewart still talk about their careers: “No. Not really. But we both had the same concepts about which kind of movie we wanted to do. Until two years ago, I didn’t have a clear idea about what I wanted. Filming Cosmopolis, presenting it in Cannes, really helped me to understand what I really like. Cosmopolis has been an unexpected experience that allowed me to get to know a world I love: I would do anything to be in Cannes every year.”

Whether he wants to join another franchise: “I have had other offers for similar roles. But I’ve never been part of that kind of actors “for Majors”. Surely being part of Twilight has put me in that position in a certain way. But I don’t feel comfortable at all in the middle of a blockbuster or a franchise. Apart from Twilight and Harry Potter, the only other big production I have been part of is Water for Elephants. And anyway it was not a huge production, with its 35 million dollar budget. And it wasn’t a franchise. After Twilight I made decisions that was okay for me. I did what I wanted to do.”

Supporting his films at Cannes: “I’m really happy these two films got into Cannes, it’s kind of exactly what I wanted. I am really happy with both the films as well. But it’s nice – I just get to work with people I’ve wanted to work with for years and years, and just been really lucky in the last year, with this really cool stuff”

He’s all about the work: “When I’m not working I try to get another job (laughs), constantly. You start to realise there’s a finite amount of time to get stuff done, and there’s a lot of different things that I want to achieve, also I like working pretty much more than anything else in my life. My job is my hobby.”

If he had gone to university: “I think I wanted to do Politics, or something. I still kind of want to, as do all actors. But American politics, I’m not really interested in English politics (laughs)…. I didn’t want to be a politician. I wanted to work in the mechanics of it. I like speech writing. I’m quite apolitical, weirdly. I like the game.”

[From The Vent & Best Movie, via Thinking of Rob]

I’ve read quotes from him before where he talked about the other path he could have taken, studying political science at university. I always find it interesting that his mind works in that way because he’s right, he wouldn’t have made a very good politician. He just says whatever’s on his mind, which makes him a great interview and a terrible political force. I like this as well: “I like working pretty much more than anything else in my life. My job is my hobby.” That’s pretty American. No wonder he feels so much more comfortable living in America.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.