Taylor Lautner Teen Vogue October 2009

New Moon star Taylor Lautner is featured in the October 2009 issue of Teen Vogue, on stands Sept. 8th. Here are some highlights from the 17-year-old's interview:

On his rumored fling Selena Gomez: "She's a great girl."

On the paparazzi: "You can't ever really get used to it, because it's not normal to have people snapping pictures of everything you do. You just have to try not to let it affect you."

On his journey to tardom: "At first, I wasn't interested, but he [my trainer] said I could stay at his house for a few weeks, meet with some agents, go on auditions. By the end of that month, I liked it. Taking on roles that were the opposite of what I could be in real life? That's still my favorite thing."

On the girl who would capture his heart: "If she likes having a really close friendship with a guy, being able to tell him anything, and then having that friendship slowly transform into something more..I find myself using the word transform a lot lately, because that's what Jacob does."

On career aspirations: "I really look up to Denzel Washington as an actor. I'd love to do a film with him one day in the future. That would be my dream come true. And I love the action-drama films like Matt Damon and Brad Pitt do."