# Why does Kristin Stewart always look so uncomfortable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578 "2011-01-06T04:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/21 "2011-01-06T18:52:39Z")
She’s always slouching. Not the best posture. There’s lots of slouchy young actresses. Maybe that’s part of looking uncomfortable or awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Raskolnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raskolnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raskolnikov)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/22 "2011-01-06T20:41:09Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > She’s always slouching. Not the best posture. There’s lots of slouchy young actresses. Maybe that’s part of looking uncomfortable or awkward. maybe she should take up yoga! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/23 "2011-01-06T21:15:45Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > But being unable to effect a fake-outgoing facade all the time? Eh. Or, and please correct me if I’m wrong, “acting”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/24 "2011-01-06T21:23:34Z")
It may be just the way she looks even when no one is looking at her – that is, an uncomfortable expression may be the one that sits most comfortably on her face. I’ve been told I “always wear such a somber expression,” though I’m not always somber. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/25 "2011-01-06T21:24:49Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Or, and please correct me if I’m wrong, “acting”? No, it’s pronounced, “ACTING!!!” [chin up, right hand rising] ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/26 "2011-01-06T21:30:46Z")
Why does she look so uncomfortable? That’s easy: Glitter chafes. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/27 "2011-01-07T05:45:01Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Or, and please correct me if I’m wrong, “acting”? Eh. There’s a difference between getting into a character’s shoes to perform a scripted role in front of a camera – and having to perform live, at least to some extent extemporaneously, as oneself, in front of millions of people, right now. I see no reason to believe that those skills _just have_ to be the same. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/28 "2011-01-07T05:57:13Z")
I’m guessing it’s the butt plug. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/29 "2011-01-07T06:18:34Z")
I’ll just note that Stewart isn’t the only one. If you want to see someone looking so uncomfortable that it makes you feel uncomfortable, watch some Harrison Ford interviews on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/30 "2011-01-07T06:41:37Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Cazzle, you sound like a jealous teenage Pattinson/Lautner fangirl. You’re so insightful and accurate! I totally am in love with the entire male cast of Twilight and, like, I hate that bitch Bella for stealing my man. Also I read the book every night before I go to sleep and dream of Robert Pattison. And my entire job totally sucks because a shitty movie plays in my workplace. > [@Frylock](#): > > I can’t find a basis for this statement. Read that statement again as if it ended “… if she doesn’t want people to think she’s a whiny spoiled brat”. It wasn’t “needs” as in “oxygen”. > [@Paranoid Randroid](#): > > You sound almost as if you begrudge her the fame and the wealth. I don’t, really. I just dislike people who actively seek employment in the public eye and then act like fame was just thrust upon them without warning. You should see my earlier rantings about why I hate Cameron “But I’m so shy!! It was agony for me!!” Diaz. Most jobs don’t lead to massive international fame, it’s not hard to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/31 "2011-01-07T06:45:01Z")
I think she would be a lot less uncomfortable and nervous if she was just another Hollywood flavor of the month toiling away in the movie factory, grinding out the lame rom-coms. But that Twilight movie is a huge honkin’ phenomenon, it has hordes of obsessed fans all focussing on and scrutinizing the actors. There are hordes of women absolutely crazed over Robert Pattinson, I mean CRAZED, and there’s Kristin Stewart not only in the movie with him but possibly dating him IRL. I’d be nervous and uncomfortable, too… I like her. I like that she’s not a stupid, phony tits-on-a-stick bleached blond bimbo. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/32 "2011-01-07T09:32:58Z")
> [@brainglutton](#): > > no, it’s pronounced, “acting!!!” [chin up, right hand rising] You call that acting?! _ **milk the giant cow like you mean it!** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/33 "2011-01-07T10:31:18Z")
I think I’ve seen her in other interviews and she didn’t seem quite as uncomfortable. But yeah, I noticed how in the PCA, especially the later awards, she did seem very uncomfortable. But they had just been flown in from filming the next Twilight film, so I just thought she was still channeling Bella Swan, for whom that sort of thing is very in character. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/34 "2011-01-07T11:22:39Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I think I’ve seen her in other interviews and she didn’t seem quite as uncomfortable. > > But yeah, I noticed how in the PCA, especially the later awards, she did seem very uncomfortable. > > But they had just been flown in from filming the next Twilight film, so I just thought she was still channeling Bella Swan, for whom that sort of thing is very in character. I never thought about that. If she’s a method actress, it could be that she’s actually really, really good–so good that it takes her time to go back to normal. I’ve seen that in a lot of method actors. Heck, I seem to remember it killing someone. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/35 "2011-01-07T13:39:59Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Most jobs don’t lead to massive international fame, it’s not hard to avoid. So there’s an occupation or hobby you want to pursue, your first thought should be “will this lead to international fame, paparazzi camping on my doorsteps, and people sniping about my lack of the Perky gene on message boards? Maybe? Well, I guess I’d better take that job at Best Buy then.” She was doing very well, getting good roles and working with actors and direcors she admired, all the while flying under the radar of the general public, known mostly to people who see a lot of movies and kept seeing her in different roles. She would have continued on, having the kind of career she wanted without having to deal with the looney tunes of the “international fame” side of the business, if not for Twilight. I don’t know any background on her taking the role, but my guess is that it seemed interesting at the time, was going to be filmed at an interesting place, she respected the director (who was indeed worthy of respect but was dropped or quit after the first movie), and that the franchise was a little more interesting than your average superhero franchise and would provide her with money and security in a business where most actors never know if they’ll ever work again after the last job. She certainly would have known that the books were popular, and she would become known among book readers and many moviegoers. There’s no way she could have known that the movie would lead to far far more than international fame, it’s led to massively intense craziness in her life, more craziness than any of us will ever have to deal with. She deals with it all with far more good grace and humor than I certainly would. Than most would. She’s never had a wild and crazy phase, she’s never been anything less than 100% professional. She’s just still a bit awkward and weirded out by all the intense attention, but she can handle it. She is handling it, just not not exactly the way busybodies prefer her to handle it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/36 "2011-01-07T15:57:21Z")
I’ve been a fan of hers since [Fierce People](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401420/) back in 2005, and then sought out her interviews when she was doing press for [The Messengers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425430/). She’s always been awkward and uncomfortable in interviews; those late-night appearances for The Messengers were unwatchable trainwrecks. if anything, she’s less awkward and uncomfortable since Twilight, so it’s not a reaction to mega-stardom. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/37 "2011-01-07T16:07:19Z")
She looks uncomfortable and reserved in almost every role she plays, and certainly in those that brought her to stardom. That’s her hook, her moneymaker. Her fans don’t expect or want to see a bubbly, engaging Kristen Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/38 "2011-01-07T17:21:38Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I don’t know any background on her taking the role, but my guess is that it seemed interesting at the time, was going to be filmed at an interesting place, she respected the director (who was indeed worthy of respect but was dropped or quit after the first movie), and that the franchise was a little more interesting than your average superhero franchise and would provide her with money and security in a business where most actors never know if they’ll ever work again after the last job. These are examples of exactly the sort of sense of entitlement that irritate me, Equipoise. To me, your argument boils down to “All she wanted to do was spend eight weeks doing a job she loves for a director she respects and wanted to work with, for roughly 100 times the average US annual income… no one told her she’d have to do other things she didn’t want to do as well!”. That’s the definition of an entitlement complex, IMO… wanting the rewards without wanting to put in the accompanying hard work. Her industry depends on publicity and would collapse without it. If she’s worked in the industry since childhood and is the child of people who work in the industry and yet she’s reached adulthood without grasping that basic fact, then she’s dangerously unintelligent. > [@](#): > > She deals with it all with far more good grace and humor than I certainly would. Than most would. Comparing being photographed at publicity events to being raped is not my definition of good grace. That’s honestly where my irritation sprang from. Kristen Stewart’s life, opinions and career were a matter of supreme indifference to me until that ill-advised comparison to rape hit the headlines, at which point my indifference became irritation. Now it seems like I can’t open the newspaper without her sulky face staring back at me (or [giving me the finger](http://static.poponthepop.com/images/gallery/kristen-stewart-middle-finger.jpg)), and that puts me right there with her, wishing her back into obscurity. Let’s blame the media for being so gleefully eager to publish trash about anyone in the public eye, sure, but I feel Kristen Stewart is also responsible for her own fate. Once again, there are endless jobs out there that don’t run the risk of pushing you into the spotlight against your will and they aren’t all down to the level of working at Best Buy. For what it’s worth I don’t normally read articles about Kristen Stewart; what I know about her is just what I see as I skim the headlines on news sites and in the paper, but I’ve done a spot of research for this post so that I wasn’t completely talking out of my ass. I originally opened this thread solely because I was curious about how many other people were sick of her “I hate attention” shtick. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/39 "2011-01-07T17:57:54Z")
Because she’s an indie actress who thought she was signing up for another indie film and ended up in the fustercluck that is Twilight. I imagine she’s called up Emile Hirsch and left him some nasty voicemails because he was the one who recommended her to the director. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578/40 "2011-01-07T18:13:52Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > I was curious about how many other people were sick of her “I hate attention” shtick. This reminds me of Todd Snider’s “Talkin’ Seattle Grunge Rock Blues” > [@](#): > > now to fit in on the seattle scene > you’ve gotta do somethin’ they ain’t never seen > so thinkin’ up a gimmick one day > we decided to be the only band that wouldn’t play a note > under any circumstances > silence > music’s original alternative > root’s grunge [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578.md?page=3)