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"I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school"

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A movie star confessing he felt "kind of gangly in school" is less self-pity than a quiet act of image control. Pattinson is speaking from inside a culture that treats attractiveness like a résumé line and celebrity like a permanent high school. By saying he "never really considered" himself attractive, he dislodges the idea that hotness is destiny, or worse, proof of character. It's an undercut: the heartthrob refuses the myth of effortless confidence that fans and press keep trying to staple to his face.

The phrasing matters. "Never really" softens the admission, keeping it casual and un-dramatic, the way someone talks when they don't want a vulnerable moment to become a headline. "Kind of" does the same work, signaling self-awareness and distance: he's narrating an old insecurity, not begging for reassurance. "Gangly" is a particularly potent word because it's adolescent and bodily, the awkward in-between state before you learn how to inhabit your frame. It's not "ugly"; it's unfinished.

Context is the unspoken engine here: Pattinson's rise during the Twilight era turned his body into a public asset and a public argument. Calling back to school-day awkwardness offers a bridge to anyone who felt out of sync with their own looks, while also puncturing the suspicion that celebrities are manufactured confidence machines. The intent isn't to deny his current appeal; it's to reclaim authorship over it, reminding us that the "attractive" brand often starts as an accident of timing, lenses, and other people's projections.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Pattinson, Robert. (2026, January 16). I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-really-considered-myself-attractive-i-was-132538/

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Pattinson, Robert. "I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-really-considered-myself-attractive-i-was-132538/.

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"I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-really-considered-myself-attractive-i-was-132538/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Robert Pattinson (born May 13, 1986) is a Actor from United Kingdom.

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