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The cover of the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of Interview Magazine belongs to Kristen Stewart. The Twilight Saga actress has a great rapport with actor Dennis Hopper, who interviews her for the issue. Here is an excerpt about the pressure she’s under to do well in the sequel – ‘New Moon:’

HOPPER: Have you been able to enjoy it? Or do you feel more pressure doing these sequels?

STEWART: I do feel more of a pressurized strain than what is typical for me. Usually, what drives you is your own personal responsibility to the script and the character and the people you are working with. But in this case, I have a responsibility not only to that but to everyone who has personal involvement in the books—and now that spans the world. It’s an insane concept. There are certain things in Twilight . . . As much as I’m proud of that movie and I do like it, I feel like maybe I brought too much of myself to the character. I feel like I really know Bella now. But most readers feel like they know Bella because it’s a first-person narrative. She’s like a little vessel and everyone experiences the story through her. All of these girls who are fans personally feel like they encapsulate that character. So it’s like, “How the hell am I going to do that for all of them? It’s impossible!” But I’ve decided, if you’re just unabashedly honest all of the time, you have nothing to be ashamed of.

The pressure to live up to the hype and be every fan’s idea of Bella must be intimidating. I am glad to see that she is holding her own and continuing to forge ahead and play the character while trying to put the hype behind her.

Read the rest of the online excerpt here.

Dakota Fanning is only 15 but she is an in demand actress and part of two of the most talked about upcoming films: The Runaways where she plays lead singer Cherie Currie and The Twilight Saga: New Moon as the evil vampire Jane Volturi.

She does all of this work while attending a private school in Los Angeles and manages to keep her head on straight when it comes to the fame and intrusiveness of the business. Able to have a private life (and not on the brink of self-destruction) she says:

‘‘You have to be able to separate your personal life from playing a character. . . . That’s not your real life.’’

Check out more of her interview (and great new pics!) with New York Times TMagazine here. She looks great in the photo above, wearing Chanel.

Fanning is returning to Vancouver with the rest of the cast as they begin shooting the third film in the series: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.