Emma Watson has always been known for being private, and she works hard to maintain that!
The actress reiterated her stance on securing her private life in the latest issue of Interview Magazine, telling Jessica Chastain that it means a lot to her to protect intimate details from the public.
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She said:
“Dan[iel Radcliffe], Rupert [Grint], and I were kids when we got cast in this fairy-tale series, and what happened to us was kind of a fantasy story in itself. So the story of my life has been of public interest, which is why I’ve been so passionate about having a private identity. When I step into a character, people have to be able to suspend their disbelief; they have to be able to divorce me from that girl. And not having everyone know every single intimate detail of my entire life is part of me trying to protect my ability to do my job well.”
Well, she’s definitely doing a good job of that! We don’t even know who she’s dating! And she NEVER gets into any messy shenanigans!
The 27-year-old added that her privacy is especially important to her because she often gets overwhelmed by the pressures of fame, saying:
“I know that I’m under a different microscope, a certain level of scrutiny, which I find really hard at times. And sometimes the fear of doing things is overwhelming. I get incredibly overwhelmed, and sometimes feel hemmed in by that, afraid of that. But I know that if I live in that fear, then my life as an artist, as a human being, really, is over. Ultimately, it will silence me, and it will silence what is in me ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ which I have yet to explore and uncover.”
The Beauty and the Beast star felt that fear keenly in her latest role as Belle. She said:
“Like in Beauty and the Beast, I sang for the first time. And journalists would ask me, ├óΓé¼╦£Do you think you’re going to be able to pull it off?’ There’s an incredible awareness that I have to push through.”
She fought that same fear the night she gave her famous UN speech about women’s rights and He For She. She revealed:
“The night before I gave my speech at the U.N., I was an emotional wreck. I thought I was going to hyperventilate. No one likes feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable and weak. But I really have found that it’s in those moments when I go there that there’s a kind of magic.”
It’s true! The magic happens when you’re outside of your comfort zone.
Emma also touched on social media and how it’s changing the world. She said:
“I set even more boundaries than I had before between my public and my private lives. It made me think a lot about what I would do if I had children. A lot of children of this generation have their entire lives made public before they have a say about what they would want. I think it should always be a choice. I love social media, and I love what it can do and how it brings people together, but used in the wrong way, it’s incredibly dangerous. And, increasingly, our attention is our most important resource. Before the press tour, I deleted my e-mail app from my phone and really tried to create serious boundaries from it, because it is addictive. We need to make sure that we are using technology, and technology is not using us.”
Deleting her email app??? More people should do that every once in a while! Imagine the freedom, LOLz!
Read on for more HIGHlights (below)!
On being called a role model: “When people call me a role model it puts the fear of God into me because I feel like I’m destined to fail.”
On trying to get into clubs when she was underage: “I’m the worst liar ever. I remember trying to get into clubs when I was just about to turn 18. They’d ask my age├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and my friends were already in the door, it was not even a big deal├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and I was like, ‘I can’t do it.’ It’s terrible. They were like, ‘You’re an actress, what’s wrong with you? Get it together, woman! [laughs]”
And check out additional pics from the story in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Interview Magazine]