Robert Pattinson annoys the crap out of me. I can’t really say why, I just do not like him. And it’s a powerful dislike. He strikes me as creepy and way too into himself. Bad combination.

Rob just told GQ that he popped some Valium before his “Twilight” audition to help with his nerves. Somehow that doesn’t make him come across as less skeevy to me, though I suppose I can understand his reasoning.

How did Robert Pattinson land his role as sexy vampire Edward in Twilight? “I took half a Valium and then went into this thing — and all this stuff happened,” he tells April’s GQ of his audition… It was the first time I’ve ever taken Valium,” he later adds. “A quarter. A quarter of a Valium. I tried to do it for another audition, and it just completely backfired — I was passing out.”

Still, he won over costar Kristen Stewart, who plays his love interest, Bella. “Everybody came in doing something empty and shallow and thoughtless,” says the actress, who demanded that he get the gig. “…Rob understood that it wasn’t a frivolous role.”

As for his love life, he tells GQ, “There’s literally not a single [true] story that could be written about me.” “There’s this thing about my supposed girlfriend,” he goes on. “There’s this one girl who’s consistently mentioned. It’s like, ‘He’s dating this Brazilian model.’ … What’s her name —- Annelyse [Schoenberger]. I’ve never met her.”

And he never popped the question to costar Stewart, either. “I said that in some interview, as a joke — ‘Oh, I proposed to her multiple times,'” he says. “And then it gets printed: ‘On the set, he proposed multiple times.'”

Of Camilla Belle (with whom he’s been photographed), he says he didn’t steal her “from the Jonas brother.” He says she’s “the nicest — she’s a saint” — but insists they’re just buds… I don’t see people. I don’t even have people’s phone numbers,” he says. “I almost don’t want to have a girlfriend, in this environment.”

[From Us Weekly]

I like how he went from half a Valium to a quarter in under three seconds. Nice. I’m not sure I buy his “I’m not a player” thing. I mean there are a lot of women that he has to explain away. And the rumors sure didn’t seem to bother him until recently. The guy is just a little too smooth.

Rob also told GQ that he wouldn’t care if he didn’t act again and all the fame went away tomorrow. That strikes me as a quasi-dangerous thing to say. It’s like you’re daring fate to mess with you. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t really see him having a long career. He’s too lackadaisical and glib. It sounds like he got the Twilight role because he actually cared and brought something to the audition, but in the GQ interview it really seems like he doesn’t give a shit about much else. Passion makes for a long career. Apathy makes for a flash in the pan.

Here’s Robert Pattinson taking a walk through a snowy morning in Vancouver on Monday. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.