Robert Pattinson pays homage to Crocodile Dundee on the April 2011 cover of Vanity Fair magazine.

The 24-year-old actor dished to the mag about his rumored romance with Kristen Stewart, his favorite ever leading lady, and Twilight’s appeal.

On Kristen: “Kristen is very focused on being an actress. I mean, that’s what she is—she’s an actress. Whereas I—I just don’t really know. She’s cool. Even before I knew her I thought she was a really good actress. Like, I saw Into the Wild, and I thought she was really good in that. I still think there are very few girls in her class that are as good as she is.”

On Tai, his favorite leading lady: “She was the best actor I ever worked with in my life. I cried when the elephant was wrapped. I never cried when anyone else was wrapped.”

On Twilight’s appeal to legions of fans: “I can’t really understand it even now. It does have an angle which is attached to something quite primal in girls. I guess people want it to define them, like ‘I’m a Twilight fan.’… I think people really just like being part of a crowd. There’s something just remendously exciting about hyping yourself up to that level.”