Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Those Infamous Pipe-Smoking Pictures

By Maria Mercedes Lara

Updated on 8/7/2014 at 10:35 AM

Don't expect Kristen Stewart to start trying to please everyone. The actress opened up about her life and career in the September issue of Elle magazine (which hits newsstands on Aug. 19) and revealed that she doesn't stress herself out about trying to make everyone happy. Keep reading to see Kristen's gorgeous photos from the magazine (before she chopped all her hair off and dyed it back to brown) and her thoughts on being aware of the public scrutiny that was thrust upon her in nearly six years ago. Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine

Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine

  • On not plotting out her career: "Never at any point have I sat down and plotted how I should proceed from here on. As soon as you start thinking about your career as a trajectory — like, as if you're going to miss out on some wave or momentum — then you’re never doing anything for yourself anyway. Then you're truly, actually, specifically working for the public. You're turning yourself into a bag of chips."

Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine

  • On not pleasing everyone: "Now I feel like if I smiled for a paparazzi photo — not that I ever would — that's exactly what people would be desecrating me for. They'd be like, 'Now you're going to give it up, now you're a sellout.' like, OK. What do you want? What would you like?"

Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine

  • On those famous pictures of her smoking a pipe in 2008: "The day the movie came out there was a picture of me — in the New York Post, I think. I was sitting on my front porch, smoking a pipe with my ex-boyfriend and dog. And I was like, Oh shit, well, I have to be aware of that."

Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine

Source: Michael Thompson / Elle Magazine