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Taylor Lautner's Rolling Stone cover - Source: ONE News
Taylor Lautner was bullied at school.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon star says his classmates used to ridicule his acting ambitions, which affected his confidence but he refused to give up on his dream.
"I was never extremely confident. 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," he says.
"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 17-year-old - who gained almost 14kg of muscle ahead of shooting the vampire sequel - also insists the female attention he receives is for his character, werewolf Jacob Black, not himself.
He has told America's Rolling Stone magazine it would have happened to anybody who played Jacob.
"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."
Despite his youth, Lautner has impressed his Twilight co-stars with his maturity.
Kristen Stewart describes him as "picky."
"I was the first person who got him to eat sushi. He's very set in his ways. But that is very informative of his personality. He's very steady. He has a really solid sense of himself."
