NEW YORK — Three films in this year’s New York Film Festival certainly qualify Kristen Stewart as a workaholic, but the actress doesn’t think that’s such a bad thing.

“Oh yeah, I’m totally addicted, man. … I get super obsessed with stuff, you know, and which is to a fault. But it’s served me well,” said Stewart.

Actress Kristen Stewart has three very different films showing at the New York Film Festival this month. Evan Agostini/Invision

Since the “Twilight” franchise, the actress has quietly amassed an impressive body of work, including a trio of very different films at this year’s festival. She’s already premiered “Certain Women,” directed by Kelly Reichardt, the festival is screening Olivier Assayas’s “Personal Shopper,” and Stewart will walk the red carpet again for Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” on Friday.

With a diverse set of roles since portraying Bella in the “Twilight” series, Stewart doesn’t feel her evolution was intentional and says she just got lucky.

“Honestly, it was not like a tactical approach, you know what I mean? I’ve always known that if I have a certain dynamic with someone or conversation, it’s either leading to productivity or not,” Stewart said.

Besides acting, Stewart wants to direct, too, and working with Lee and Reichardt gave her a unique perspective.

“I think they are both absolute geniuses when it comes to being composed, and when it comes to being aware of something that we’re not aware of. They see the invisible and they capture it, and that’s what I would like to do while making movies,” Stewart said.

“Certain Women” will be in select theaters on Friday, while “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” kicks off on Nov. 11. “Personal Shopper,” in which Stewart plays a personal shopper for celebrities, isn’t available in theaters until next year.

– From news service reports

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