’ I didn’t connect with the person who was looking back at me, and that was a very unsettling feeling.”What few people knew when she enrolled at Brown University in 2009 was that she had a desire to give up acting and walk away from Hollywood altogether.
As an adult, “it dawned on me that this is what you’re really signing up for.”The question most people ask when a celebrity moans about being famous: If you hate the fanfare so much, why keep making movies? “I’ve been doing this since I was 10 or 11, and I’ve often thought, I’m so wrong for this job because I’m too serious; I’m a pain in the ass; I’m difficult; I don’t fit,” she says. Taking on those battles, the smaller ones and the bigger ones, is who I am.”She recently found the courage to say no to selfie-seekers.
Now that she has found her voice—most notably as a U. ambassador—she’s revamping a classic stereotype, the Disney princess, in Since her years as Hermione ended, Emma Watson has fought to assert her own identity. The 26-year-old actress is scattering hardcover copies of Maya Angelou’s book throughout the station—tucking them between pipes, placing them on benches, atop the emergency call box—in hopes that New York commuters will pick them up and put down their smartphones.
Now that she has found her voice—most notably as a U. ambassador—she’s revamping a classic stereotype, the Disney princess, in Emma Watson and I are standing on the 23rd Street platform of an uptown-bound E train in New York City and we’re littering. This display of civil disobedience was conceived by Books on the Underground, a London-based organization that plants books on public transportation for travelers to discover.
In her personal life, Emma Watson started dating Oxford rugby player Matt Janney in 2014.
Since her years as Hermione ended, Emma Watson has fought to assert her own identity.