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Kristen Stewart Says Acting Is Getting Harder as She’s Getting Older

The 29-year-old is starting to prefer working behind the camera


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Kristen Stewart isn’t one to readily open up about her personal life. And while she doesn’t exactly reveal all in Vanity Fair‘s new September issue cover story, the actress does offer up some interesting tidbits—like the fact that she often talks to ghosts, and “only date[s] people who complement” her. (Yes, that includes her former flame, the model Stella Maxwell, with whom Stewart’s recently reunited.)

Perhaps most surprising, though, is that the actress now has something in common with Brad Pitt. Earlier this month, in a cover story of his own, the 55-year-old actor opened up about what it’s been like to age in Hollywood: “I’m behind the camera on the producing side and I enjoy that a lot. But I keep doing less and less,” he told GQ Australia. “I really believe that overall it’s a younger man’s game,” he added of Hollywood in general.

Stewart, too, has been feeling the effects of aging in the industry—never mind that, at 29, she’s 26 years Pitt’s junior. “It’s harder for me to be an actor as I’m getting older. I’m more comfortable in the idea of making something from top to bottom, rather than giving myself to [it],” she said. In fact, Stewart just finished writing and editing her first draft of a film adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s book The Chronology of Water, which will mark her directorial debut.

“There are certain actors who are out of their minds and so transient in their presence that they can actually convince themselves and others of anything,” Stewart continued. “I have a harder time doing that as I get older.”

Fans fret not: she won’t be disappearing from screens overnight. Hard as it may have been for the actress, she was evidently able to convince herself to take on four new roles in films coming out over the next year, ranging from Jean Seaberg to a Charlie’s Angel.

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Kristen Stewart’s Hair Evolution, from Gothic Glamour to Blonde Buzz-Cut

Kristen Stewart received critical acclaim for her role in “Into The Wild,” and stellar marks for her beauty look at the premiere in 2007.

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Rocking tousled locks, rosy cheeks and a subtle smoky eye, Stewart looked fresh and youthful in 2008.

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Attending the screening of the ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ in New York City, Stewart wire her golden brown locks in a tousled boho braid with a red smoky eye and a nude lip.

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At the “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” premiere, Stewart was a vision of romance with big soft curls, a light golden eye and a red lip.

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Attending the Costume Institute Gala in New York City, Stewart let her bold purple eye makeup shine by pulling back her brown hair and keeping the rest of her makeup neutral.

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Stewart looked like a rockstar at the premiere of Still Alice in 2014 with an edgy haircut and frosted blue eyeshadow.

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A messy low ponytail perfectly complimented Stewart’s dramatic black winged smoky eye at the premiere of American Ultra in 2015.

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At the New York Film Festival premiere of her latest film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Stewart wore her bleach blonde hair in a short cut that showed off her playful pink makeup.

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Attending the Film Independent at LACMA screening of her new film Personal Shopper, Stewart paired her chic black eyewear with a dark smoky eye and red lip while keeping her brunette pixie slicked back. (2017)

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A daring new look for Stewart, the actress debuts her freshly buzzed platinum blonde hair at the IFC Films Personal Shopper premiere in Los Angeles in 2017.

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Just before the 2018 Oscars, Stewart debuted a mullet.

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Kristen Stewart and her mini rattail attended a photocall at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 8, 2018.

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Kristen Stewart’s take on a rockabilly quiff was front and center at a screening for *Knife + Heart (Un Couteau dans le Coeur) at the 71st Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2018.

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Kristen Stewart’s dirty blonde coif was on display at the Chanel show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 05, 2019 in Paris, France.

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Kristen Stewart’s fiery tips and bleached brows shocked the crowd at the 2019 Met Gala celebrating “Camp: Notes on Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Kristen Stewart wore a slicked back pink pompadour fastened with black barrettes during the 45th Deauville American Film Festival on September 13, 2019 in Deauville, France.

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Kristen Stewart is still growing out her formerly blonde pixie now that Charlie’s Angels is in theaters.

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