Quotes: Emma on acting and fame
"I've always loved acting, singing, performing, debating; but it never occurred to me that fame coincided with those things. I was never one of those kids who wanted everybody to know my name."
"To cry, you do a staring competition at wall: keep your eyes open until they start to water. To smile: you just have to think of a happy thought. A mixture of Brad Pitt and chocolate normally makes me smile."
"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."
"I think acting outside the world of Harry Potter would be very different to what I've experienced, [but] I wouldn't want Harry Potter to be the last thing that I do."
[On being an actress] "Most people are really nice but some stare, like you're some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings. Even when you take away all the glamour and attention and premieres and everything, it still comes down to the fact that I'm acting."
[On Future Acting] "Daniel and Rupert are really sure about being actors the rest of their lives. As far as I'm concerned, I don't want Harry Potter to be my last performance. I'd like to play other kind of characters and have a tryout at the theatre, because I like the automatic response from the audience."
"I get so upset when people think that just by being famous I can have it all. I know that even though I wasn't famous, when it comes to guys and romance it'd be as complicated as it is, when you're an actress, it's even more stressful."
[On getting the part as Hermione] "David Heyman actually invited [Rupert Grint] and me to come in. We sat down in his office—very casual—and he said, 'You’ve got the part.' I was so shocked and I just stood there and said, 'Pinch me!'"
“It’s the acting which I really really enjoy and even when you take away all the glamour, the attention and the premieres, it all comes down to the fact that you are acting. And just being with so many fantastic actors and directors and just the people I work with.”
“Most of the change happened during the first film. I occasionally get recognized. I think everyone’s been a bit more enjoyable on the second film, because they know the people and they know what they’re doing.”
“I’ve been asked to sign weird things - like someone’s arm in permanent ink, which I didn’t want to do because I was worried they’d get blood poisoning.”
“In the beginning Harry Potter was something that happened to me. I didn’t understand what was happening to me and I absolutely didn’t know how to behave: it was like I’d landed in the eye of a tornado. But when I got older, I gained self-confidence. I also pay more and more attention to the technical aspects: what would it look like if I stood here? How do I have to stand in front of the camera to look right? Sometimes I even raise my voice against the director (laughs).”
[Reporters asking same questions] "That's the good thing about them! They all ask exactly the same questions and you can say exactly the same answers! You don't have to think, you can just stand there like a broken record going LALALA..."
[On the Weeks Following the Release of a Movie] "My two weeks of fame."