22 interesting facts about Taylor Lautner
- In 2009, Taylor Lautner was nominated for a MTV Movie Award at the MTV Movie Awards, for 'Breakthrough Performance Male' for Twilight.
- In 2009, Taylor won a Teen Choice Award at the Teen Choice Awards for 'Choice Movie Fresh Face Male' for Twilight.
- Whilst doing an interview with New Moon co-star Kristen Stewart in a hotel in Brazil, there was a riot of 2,000 girls.
- Taylor spent much time in the gym to buff up his figure for his role as Jacob Black in New Moon.
- In an interview, Robert Pattinson, his Twilight co-star, cheered for Taylor Lautner to take his shirt off.
- Taylor Lautner had to sing a song in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.
- Taylor, joking around, stated that working with Alyson Stoner was a nightmare.
- Taylor had to stop martial arts when he was 13 to get into acting.
- Before auditioning for the film Twilight, Taylor had never read the books which it is based upon.
- Taylor likes Mexican and Chinese food.
- Taylor doesn't mind being called by the name of a character he has portrayed.
- Taylor Lautner attended the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, California in 2008 along with some of his Twilight co-stars. He attended the event again in 2009, with most of The Twilight Saga: New Moon cast.
- To play Jacob Black in Twilight, Taylor Lautner wore a long black wig.
- Since his character Jacob in Twilight is Quileute, Taylor met some real Quileute Indian tribal members and interviewed one of them.
- Taylor likes football and baseball. He pulls for the Michigan Wolverines.
- Taylor's dog Roxy is a Maltese.
- Taylor Lautner once dated actress Miley Cyrus in early 2006.
- Taylor is of French, German, and Dutch descent. On his mother's-side of the family he is Potawatomi and Ottawa Indian. He learned he was Indian while working on Twilight.
- He has a sister named Makena who is 6 1/2 years younger than him.
- Taylor Lautner is 5' 10½" tall (1.79 meters).
- Taylor once dated Liliana Mumy (who he worked with in 'Cheaper by the Dozen 2').
- Taylor Lautner is a world champion martial artist.