Quotes: Emma on herself, school, activities family and friends.
"To go on The Dragon School is like to be in a club and, if you leave, you will still be a member of this club. So I will always be a Dragon."
"I never wear pigtails, I wear plaits."
[Friends and fame] "My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions ..."
"I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try and lead a normal life."
"I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world."
"I could be 100 years old and in my rocker..but i'll still be very proud that I was part of the Harry Potter films."
"When I'm not filming, I like to go out with friends, watch a movie, have a drink at Starbucks, buy CDs and spend time at my girlfriend's house."
“My dad told me, ‘’You know, you do realize there are going to be, like, a thousand girls auditioning.’ And I was kind of like, ‘Oh, OK …I’ll, um, keep that in mind.’ I tried to enjoy it instead of desperately trying for it.”
“Well, I don’t go out saying ‘Holy cricket,’ too much but not really, I don’t know. Sometimes I found myself saying lines from the film but not very often.”
“... let’s face it, I have an action figure of myself! But apart from that I’m just trying to keep my life as normal as possible.”
“I get sent Bibles. I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided.”
“I want to finish my education. I’m going to take my levels. I want to go to university. In between that on my holidays and stuff I would definitely like to try something else. I wouldn’t want Harry Potter to be the last thing I do.”
[On great marriage or great Hollywood career?] “Hmmmmm… Can’t I have both? (laughs) But if I would really have to choose, then I’d pick a great marriage. I think it would be amazing if I would get to play beautiful parts and win Oscars, but that would all mean nothing if my parents and friends weren’t there with me. What is success when you don’t have anybody to love? No, I’d rather be happily married.”
“When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a fairy after being a princess… ha, ha, ha… finally, like it was impossible I decided I wanted to be an actress.”
[Who Would she Date? Harry, Ron or Viktor?] "In an ideal world, you would merge all three of them together. That would be my guy. Probably… this is so difficult… I’m stuck between Harry and Ron… but I think… I think Harry, the intelligence… Yeah, probably that one ! (bursts out laughing)."
"I love coming to New York, it makes it all worth it.”
“I try to lead a very normal life, but Harry Potter has created some sort of wedge between me and my classmates. I often have the feeling that there’s a great distance between us, and I don’t like that. I also often have the feeling that a lot of great things are passing me by, just because I have to put so much time in the movies.”
"I've always loved school, and even when I'm filming, whenever I can, I always drop back in. And I see all of my friends that are at school, regularly, every week-end. So they see me around so much that they just realise I'm just like everybody else and nobody really does treat me differently anymore, which is how I like it."
“I would be in an awkward position if I came to school with a Harry Potter T-shirt, since everyone would tease me. I am not about to wear I t-shirt with my own face on it! (laughs).”
"I love sport, I love love love sport. I play on a hockey team, field hockey, which I love. It keeps me fit and happy and healthy."
[On What she'd like more] "I’d probably like to travel more, probably like to spend more time with my family and friends, probably like to be at school because I love school and I miss it. Yes, unusual but I’ve always loved it."
[On What she'd like more] "I have a really secure network of family and friends."