Kristen Stewart Talks 'New Moon' and New Movie!

As 'Twilight' star Kristen Stewart gets ready to take a bite out of the highly anticipated 'New Moon,' "The Insider" is with the 18-year-old star to talk about her new indie flick, 'The Cake Eaters.' But first, Kristen is revealing secrets about the big Stephenie Meyer follow-up -- and how 'Twilight' has changed her life!

"It's been good for me, it's been only good," says Kristen of life after the release of the vampire film phenomenon. "It really facilitates work that I love. It makes it much easier. I don't have to fight to get into a movie that I really want to do. It's not a fight anymore, and it was."

As for 'New Moon,' which she's about to start filming, Kristen says she's "really excited," but it's "a big job."

"It's a lot different, also, from the first," she adds. "It's a very different story. A lot happens: [Bella] doesn't have [Edward] anymore, and she's also in a place where she has to step up and kind of become more mature, and to see her deal with life without him is going to be interesting. … It's all very epic and convoluted."

In theaters March 13, the quirky, lighthearted drama 'The Cake Eaters' casts Kristen as Georgia, a small-town teen who, despite grappling with a disease of the nervous system that causes her to shake and slur her speech, just wants to experience love for the first time. Featuring 'Tadpole' star Aaron Stanford and Oscar nominees Bruce Dern and Melissa Leo, the film fest favorite was helmed by Mary Stuart Masterson in her feature directing debut.

Kristen spoke to two young girls with the actual disease, Friedreich's Ataxia, and explains how she channeled the malady: "I had it in my mind, and then it somehow gets into your physical self as well," she says. "[They are] very used to having this disease, so [they] handle it differently than someone who, like myself, is just trying to think about what it would feel like to be entirely numb and have no muscle control. It's like they're used to it so they're very good at it."

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Published 3/5/09 by the Insider

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  • Kristen stewart sux!
    Anonymous 10/28/09 Reply
  • hey kristen i love you in twilight if u dont date rob i will u rock im like ur biggest fan and this dude from my schools says "she is mighty fine" so ok bye
    Anonymous 6/22/09 Reply
  • I am impressed by your representative Ante beautiful and wonderful and I love you deeply
    lilboy 6/21/09 Reply
  • i have no intention of agreeing with the anonymous person who said kristen's acting is as poor as her personality . i think that she is great at
    acting & shes done a fantastic job with twilight & all her othr mvies
    imean i dont see you doing any...
    Anonymous 5/21/09 Reply
    • you are some perverted boys aren't you god I mean she's a freaking pot head with a mulet
      Anonymous 10/28/09
  • How can you get Stephinie Meyers e-mail? I would like to see if she will ever consider a 5th book to the twlight saga. Or maybe she would let people gost write it and over see it. There are so many charters that were introduced it is a sham she...
    Anonymous 5/13/09 Reply
  • Kristen is BRILLIANT in "The Cake Eaters." It's an amazing film, beautifully directed, full of wonderful actors and Kristen is awesome. Unforgettable.
    Anonymous 5/7/09 Reply
  • This show (and this site) constitute a shallow, mean-spirited example of what has become of American culture (oxymoron?). The barrel has no bottom. This loud-mouthed blonde airhead who serves as hostess/pitch girl/snoop, must spend half of every day...
    Anonymous 4/29/09 Reply
    • ok and that whole comment has nothing to do witha ny of this
      Anonymous 7/30/09
  • At least she did not stutter a lot in this interview or bite her bottom lip like she does in twilight
    FrancineJ2 4/28/09 Reply
  • shes on crack n she hadda 3 some with edward n jacob! DUHHHH!
    Anonymous 4/24/09 Reply
  • why do you think Kristen Stewart is a bad actress? like you could do better then her and don't say yes could i know it's not ture if u were a better then her then probably they would have pick u for a actress.
    Anonymous 4/11/09 Reply
  • I REALLY LIKED THE MOVIE TWILLIGHT.I CANT WAIT TO SEE NEW MOON.IM ALSO A READER,IWOULD LIKE TO READ THE BOOKS.I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB.
    Anonymous 4/2/09 Reply
    • I WILL BE WAITING TO WATCH THE MOVIE NEW MOON
      Anonymous 4/2/09
  • I was hoping that Summit would have casted a new Bella after Twilight was out in theaters. Too bad they didn't. Her acting is horrible and she has verbal constipation! She never smiles and seems like a real snob (b!t@h) in real life too. What a...
    Anonymous 3/25/09 Reply
  • Beautiful. So not fair to the rest of women her age. Such an amazing natural beauty! She makes the perfect Bella.
    Go Joan too!!
    Anonymous 3/20/09 Reply
  • I can't wait for Breaking dawn!! How can I wait for it. I hope new moon is good because the book is not very good because I'm bored when I was reading. There should be more Edward.But Stephenie Meyer is a very good writer :D
    Anonymous 3/13/09 Reply
  • ok when does this "th cake eater's" come out in theater i so want to see it
    an i wish they would stop stayin things about Kristen Stewart ily-Kristen,i know you mean well an it is just frustraighting some times:)
    Anonymous 3/8/09 Reply
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