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Kristen Stewart attends a special screening of her new film On the Road on Wednesday (December 12) at the IFC Theatre in New York City.

Speakeasy recently chatted with the 22-year-old actress about her career after “Twilight” and her other new movie, an adaptation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel “On the Road,” directed by Walter Salles and co-starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kirsten Dunst, among others.

Stewart said she first read “On the Road” when she was a freshman in high school and was taken with its cast of characters, many of whom are wild creative types, searching for inspiration, love and meaning. “And I read that and I was like ‘I need to find people like that. I need to find people that I want to run after,’” she said. “I think that it’s rare, those people aren’t very common.”

The novel, Stewart said, still resonated with her as an adult. She said she was drawn to people who had a youthful exuberance, no matter how old they were.

“Most of the people that I want to run after that I really admire, they don’t lose that, I mean, they’re not all my age, they’re a lot older than me,” Stewart said. “It starts when you’re young, but as soon as you view that as like a youthful thing, what have you done with your life? Do you know what I mean? You should probably hold on to that.”

When Speakeasy was introduced to actress Kristen Stewart last night, because of all the tabloidy attention she sometimes draws, we were worried that she’d be colder than the nor’easter that just blew through New York City. Instead we found her to be quite chatty, and happy to discuss her new movie, an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” which was recently screened in Manhattan.

There were plenty of notable folks on hand for the showing, including “On the Road” director Walter Salles and co-star Garrett Hedlund, and after the movie, the stars moved over to Circo for dinner (while Hedlund lingered outside the restaurant for a smoke).

“On the Road” features some content that’s much more mature than anything you’ll find in Stewart’s supernatural “Twilight” movies. In the new film, there’s plenty of drug use, nudity, and three-way sex, and Stewart is right in the middle (literally and figuratively) of the action. There are also a few references to Nietzsche, which you don’t typically get in the “Twilight” films.

Stewart, who plays the free-spirited Marylou in “On the Road,” told Speakeasy that she read the classic book her freshman year in high school, “But I never thought I’d be in it.”

Although “On the Road” was first published in 1957, the 22-year-old Stewart says it has something to say to members of her generation. The book, an ode to youth, the open road and sexual freedom, is suffused with jazz, beat poetry and lust for life. “It still speaks to me,” she said. “It makes you want to put your sh– down and go.”

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Kristen Stewart and her co-star Garrett Hedlund attend a screening of their film On the Road on Thursday (November 8) at the Dolby 88 Screening Room in New York City. The 22-year-old actress was also joined by the film’s director Walter Salles and IFC Entertainment president Jonathan Sehring.

We're a little late to the party, but look how gorgeous she looks :) -- Kristen at a special screening of OTR in NYC. Video and info at the bottom.

Last Update (9/12): zips to download all pics have been added. Enjoy the pretty :)