Kristen Stewart has admitted that she was glad to leave school when she was younger, saying that her acting work gave her plenty of opportunities to socialise.

The Twilight star told The Times: “I’m glad I could do those films, and I was glad to leave school. I couldn’t relate to kids my own age. They are mean and don’t give you any chance.

“I think the social aspects I haven’t missed out on. I am around people constantly. I meet hundreds of people at work. Once you have done with school, you realise it is just a smaller version of life.”

She added: “When I was there, I was never the type of girl to be walking around talking about acting, so I didn’t get a whole lot of hassle for that, until someone found out, until someone saw some old movie and realised.

“I was trying to play it down, but I definitely got, ‘Oh, she’s such a bitch’. They’d never spoken to me, but instantly they were, like, ‘You are so rude’. I am not rude.”

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