Taylor Lautner Was Bullied as a Kid
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TAYLOR Lautner has revealed how he was bullied at school.
The Twilight star says he was never “extremely confident” and his classmates made fun of him because he was an actor.
“I was never extremely confident,” Lautner, 17, tells the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. “Because I was an actor, when I was in school there was a little bullying going on.
“Not physical bullying but people making fun of what I do … I just had to tell myself I can’t let this get to me. This is what love to do. And I’m going to continue to do it.”
The actor — who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the movie franchise — says he’s still amazed at how fast his career has taken off.
“Nobody knew what Twilight was going to be,” he says. “Nobody. We thought we were making it just for passionate fans of the book. People just kept telling Us, ‘Oh, yeah, the movie is going to do so good.’ And we were like, ‘All right, whatever. We’ll see.’ But when the movie came out, I was just blown away. That’s when I realized, ‘Boy, what am I getting myself into?’”
“This could have happened to anybody who played Jacob,” he added. “I was just lucky enough to be the one that has the opportunity. I’m so grateful. It’s Twilight. It’s not me personally.”
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