"I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it"
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The subtext is a quiet rebuke to the idea that adoration is evidence of merit. Stewart frames the screaming crowds as a phenomenon happening to her, not because of her. It reads like humility, but it's also self-protection: if the praise is unearned, then the backlash can't be fully earned either. In the Twilight era, that mattered. The franchise generated a level of devotion and ridicule that turned its actors into symbols in a culture war about teen-girl desire, "serious" taste, and who gets to be taken seriously. Her "why?" isn't coy; it's a pressure valve against being turned into an avatar.
What makes the quote work is its plainness. No mythmaking, no empowerment slogan, just the unnerving honesty of someone watching fame arrive like weather: loud, impersonal, and impossible to argue with.
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| Topic | Humility |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Stewart, Kristen. (2026, January 16). I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-proud-of-twilight-i-think-its-a-good-126546/
Chicago Style
Stewart, Kristen. "I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-proud-of-twilight-i-think-its-a-good-126546/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-proud-of-twilight-i-think-its-a-good-126546/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
