Since the release of the first film, the Twilight phenomenon has just continued to grow exponentially. With the highly anticipated final installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, hitting theaters on November 16th, fans will finally get to see the conclusion of the romantic epic that has entranced millions worldwide.At the filmâs L.A. press junket, actor Robert Pattinson talked about his perspective on what the franchise means to fans, what his last moment of being Edward Cullen was like, what it was like to let the character go, what moment in the entire Twilight experience he would like to relive, whether heâs concerned about maintaining this same level of success, stepping into the father role this time around, his favorite vampire movie, and what he remembers of his first impressions of co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. Hit the jump to watch the press conference or read the full transcript. In addition, we posted 6 clips and over five minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the final Twilight film. Click the links to watch. Also, hereâs our coverage of the Kristen Stewart and the Taylor Laytner press conferences.Question: Having done five of these films now, do you have any perspective on what this franchise means to the fans?ROB PATTINSON: Itâs funny, people were asking me how Iâd feel when it all ends, on the first movie, and I donât think Iâve ever felt more completely bewildered, knowing that I only have a month of Twilight stuff left to do. I donât know. Iâve said, I think since the second one, that itâs going to take 10 years to really settle in my brain, and Iâm four years into it. But, I donât think there is any analysis. I donât think anyone knows why people like it. I donât think even the fans know why they connect with it the way they do. Itâs a visceral thing. I donât even know if Stephenie [Meyer] could tell you why she was so fixated on this very, very contained story about these very obsessive characters. Itâs just an anomaly. Thatâs a terrible answer. I donât know. If you could go back five years, what kind of advice would you give yourself to prepare you for this entire experience?PATTINSON: Start drinking vodka instead of beer, and try to get a six-pack as early as possible because youâll be a much more successful actor. I donât know. Itâs fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. Weâre still getting massive surprises, anytime thereâs any Twilight-related event or anything. I remember, with the third movie, when we went to Munich and the entire Olympic stadium was filled with fans. We walked in there and did nothing. There was supposed to be a Q&A, but me, Kristen [Stewart] and Taylor [Lautner] stood in the middle of the Olympic stadium with 30,000 people just screaming for 15 minutes. Itâs absolutely bizarre! Thereâs no way you can ever compute it. When you think of forever, what things come to mind for you?PATTINSON: Death. What is forever? God, I donât know. Hope, I guess. Thatâs a difficult question. I donât know. Lots of things. What was your last moment of being Edward Cullen like?PATTINSON: It was hilarious, considering weâd spent the entire series filming in the most miserable conditions, and then we ended on the beach in the Caribbean, filming for two days in the sea. That was fun. We literally did the last shot, as the sun was coming up in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. It was a nice way to end it âcause they were considering shooting it in the sea in Vancouver, which would not have worked at all. Were you sad to let the character go?PATTINSON: Yeah. It was very, very strange. I still had the same frustration with trying to play it, the entire way through, right up until the last shot. Itâs a strange part because, on one hand, a lot of the audience projects their idea of Edward onto him. It doesnât matter what he is. They want him to be a certain way. And then, my instincts to try to play it were to try to find the fallibility in him and the weaknesses. Youâre trying to play both these things at the same time and it becomes very strange. Youâre trying to play someone whoâs seen by a lot of people as this perfect thing, but what is that? That doesnât mean anything. So, youâre trying to play an archetype on one hand and a character on the other, so I felt insanely frustrated, right up until the last shot, and then it ended. What was the most difficult thing to leave behind, with this character, and what were you glad to leave behind?PATTINSON: Thereâs a thing, in general, about doing any kind of series, especially when the characters remain the same, to go back and try to improve whatever you did in the last movie, which never happens. That work ethic is nice. You feel quite strangely secure. Itâs the opposite of how youâre supposed to feel doing a movie. Itâs supposed to feel totally foreign, every single time. But, going back for another go at it is good, on one hand, but itâs also bad, on another hand. Your ideas dry up sometimes, and you get lazy sometimes âcause youâre around the same people. That was the good thing about having different directors. You had to stay on your toes. What was the worst thing? Playing the part where you canât get hurt and you canât die gives you no framework. There are too many possibilities, if you canât die. If youâre playing a normal human being, thereâs always that. How do you see the success of this franchise affecting your career, 10 or 15 years from now?PATTINSON: I donât know. People ask me if Iâm afraid of getting typecast, but you canât be afraid of that. Itâs really not up to you. Iâm getting other parts that arenât vampires. I donât know if people will accept me in them, or whatever, but thereâs really nothing to be afraid of. But, in 15 years, I have no idea. I donât know how people will remember this series, at all. Itâs crazy how intense people are. The fan base is still five years on, and I donât know how long itâs going to last. It would be insane, if thereâs still the same tenacity in 15 years.Is there any moment, in particular, during the entire Twilight experience that you would like to relieve?PATTINSON: The whole first movie was pretty fun. I had never really done a movie like it, when thereâs such a big cast of people that are around about the same age. Everyone didnât really know what was going to happen with the movie, but there was a good energy. There was something which people were fighting for, in a way. They wanted it to be something special. None of us were really known then, as well. It felt like a big deal, at the time. It was really exciting, doing the first one, and the whole year afterwards was an exciting year.Are you concerned about maintaining this same level of success, throughout your career?PATTINSON: Well, I donât know. If I could get any semblance of, not really anonymity, but control over my public image, that would be nice. But no, I think itâs impossible [to maintain that], for one thing. I donât think anyone can do that, apart from Denzel Washington. Itâs a strange place that the film industry is at, where you can just play superhero after superhero. That seems to be the only guaranteed big-money thing. I donât know. Itâs not necessarily that satisfying getting monetary success, but sometimes it keeps the door open to make what you want to make. Other times, you can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors you want to work with, doing little movies. There are no guarantees. Iâm trying to sign up and do movies that Iâll be proud of, if itâs my last one. Thatâs how I think about it.At the end of the day, are you glad this is all over?PATTINSON: In some ways. After the first one, people started referring to it as a franchise, but a franchise is a Burger King or a Subway. Itâs not a movie. The people who start to say it are generally the people who are making money off of it. They love it when something becomes a franchise. But, as an actor, I think itâs scary. You really, really feel like you have no control. Itâs a huge juggernaut, especially when something becomes part of the cultural landscape, as well. Itâs really scary âcause you get trapped and you get scared of changing, which is the worst thing that can happen, if you want to be any kind of artist.Are you more famous in the U.K. than you are here?PATTINSON: I donât know, actually. I used to be able to be in England and just be fine. No one had any idea who I was. It came later in England. Now, itâs relatively similar. I get a lot more abuse in England. Thatâs just a general English attitude. I did the same thing to famous people. Itâs just your instinct. How was it to step into the father role?PATTINSON: I actually quite like working with kids and I like working with animals, which everybody says you shouldnât do. It makes you feel like youâre not acting, as soon as you have someone whoâs providing stuff to react to. Especially working with a baby is great. I would say, put a baby in every scene. You can put a dog in a scene and everyoneâs going to be better, I guarantee it. And if theyâre not better, just shoot the dog. But, it was fun.Whatâs your favorite vampire movie?PATTINSON: I really like Blade. I wish people would make hard R-rated fantasy movies again. Itâs completely irrelevant, but people should do that more. I havenât seen that many vampire things. Itâs always been strange to me that someone can say theyâre a vampire fan. Iâm not a non-fan, but itâs such an unusual thing to be a fan of. Thatâs like saying, âI love zombie movies! I just love âem! Theyâre my favorite!â Thatâs more of a psychological problem than being an actual fan. The lore of the vampires is much more present in this film. Which new character did you like the most?PATTINSON: I like Benjamin. Rami [Malek] plays him. Mainly âcause heâs a great actor. He only had a couple of scenes in it. It was nice having actors who came in and were really, really enthusiastic. They were like, âThis is a big deal, being in a Twilight movie! Iâve got these fives lines, and Iâm going to own them!â Bill [Condon] got some great people. What were your first impressions of Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, when you met them, back at the beginning of this whole thing?PATTINSON:  I met Taylor on the movie, I think, when he was wearing his wig and stuff. I met Kristen at the audition. Iâm still just trying to come to terms with acknowledging being an actor, at all. Taylor was like 15 when I met him. When I did Harry Potter, I remember looking at Dan [Radcliffe], Rupert [Grint] and Emma [Watson] and being like, âThose guys are actors.â I was starstruck by them. And I was starstruck by these guys, when I met them, even though Iâd only seen Kristen in a few thing. Iâve always had this separation. Itâs funny to see people get humanized. With Dan, Rupert and Emma, I still see them as that. I was with them for 11 months and I still see them as massively famous people. Itâs strange to have gone through the same experience with Taylor and Kristen, as well, and to see people retain their sanity, as much as possible. Iâve seen a lot of people have minor amounts of fame and just lose their minds completely, after a casting announcement, let alone having done a movie. Itâs amazing to see that people manage to maintain.The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn â Part 2 opens in theaters on November 16th.