Emma Watson's Best Quotes 🙌
Emma Watson has grown up on the screen as the well-loved star of the Harry Potter movies. But with age has come wisdom Emma and now she considers her humanitarian work as important as her acting career. We've plucked out some our favourite quotes from the actress starting with her fiery response to critics for her Vanity Fair shoot.
Tim WalkerOn posing for Vanity Fair "It just always reveals to me how many misconceptions and what a misunderstanding there is about what feminism is. Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It’s about freedom, it’s about liberation, it’s about equality. I really don’t know what my tits have to do with it. It’s very confusing."
Getty ImagesOn feeling inadequate: "I felt so inadequate [at a young age] because I just didn't have answers yet. I had so many friends who had a clear sense of self."
"Who knew that they liked certain things, like the smell of grass, or what their favourite colour was. I envied those girls because I was so unsure of myself. I questioned everything. I was terrified by the level of interest in me."
"Now at 25 for the first time in my life I feel like I have a sense of self that I'm comfortable with. I actually do have things that I want to say and I want to be my most authentic self. I don't want there to be a big separation between the public and the private person. It's definitely the harder road to tread, but without a doubt, ultimately the most rewarding."
Getty ImagesOn female objectification: "I've had my arse slapped as I've left a room. I've felt scared walking home. I've had people following me," she explained. "I don't talk about these experiences much, because coming from me they'll sound like a huge deal and I don't want this to be about me, but most women I know have experienced it and worse… this is unfortunately how it is. It's so much more pervasive than we acknowledge. It shouldn't be an acceptable fact of life that women should be afraid."
Rex FeaturesOn sexism in Hollywood: "I have experienced sexism in that I have been directed by male directors 17 times and only twice by women. Of the producers I've worked with 13 have been male and only one has been a woman."
On her acting success: "When I was younger, I just did it. I just acted. It was just there. So now when I receive recognition for my acting, I feel incredibly uncomfortable. I tend to turn in on myself. I feel like an imposter … It was just something I did."
Getty ImagesOn gender equality: "I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved, on my behalf, in the policies and the decisions that will affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men."
PA PhotosOn gender equality (part II): "It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, not as two opposing sets of ideals.”
Rex FeaturesOn pursuing her dreams: "I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about."
PAOn her ideal man: "I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic."
Rex FeaturesOn body image: "I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn't want to change anything."
PA PhotosOn life lessons: "But it’s a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn."
PA PhotosOn what is sexy: "My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder."
Rex FeaturesOn being her own person: "I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself."
Getty ImagesOn staying true to yourself: "The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy."
Rex FeaturesOn not always following the crowd: "Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love."
PA PhotosOn fame: "You can’t go to the pharmacy without someone saying, 'Hey, you’re the girl from Harry Potter!' and I’m like 'Yeah! Just buying tampons, see you in a bit!’"
PA PhotosOn the industry: "I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human."
PA PhotosOn her ambitions for the future: "I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything."
PA PhotosOn staying true to yourself: "Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’s a process. It’s often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there."
PA PhotosOn living in the spotlight: "People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish."
PA PhotosOn Hermione: "If anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill me."
PA PhotosOn natural beauty: “I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.”
PA PhotosOn fashion: "There's nothing interesting about looking perfect."
PA PhotosOn gender stereotyping: "I feel like young girls are told, I don’t know, that they have to be this kind of princess and fragile. It’s bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior, a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess definitely.”
Rex FeaturesOn finding love: "It sounds like a cliché but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are."
