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December 31, 2008 - Emma Watson waiting to find love

Emma Watson has revealed that she is staying single until she finds her “knight in shining armour”.

The 18-year-old Harry Potter actress admitted that her movie fame has not helped her to find a man she would be willing to settle down with.

“When I’m older I’d love to be married. Success is meaningless without someone to love,” Watson told The Mirror. “But he’ll have to be intelligent, interesting and able to hold a conversation. Not someone who bores you out of your mind.

“There aren’t a lot of gentlemen out there, unfortunately. But I’m waiting for my knight in shining armour. I’m sure he will come along at some point.”

Watson also confirmed that she tries to ignore reports about her personal life after being linked to Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell and drama student Angus Willoughby this year.

“Relationships are complicated enough without reading that you’re breaking up or getting back together or cheating on one another every five minutes,” she explained. “Guys are either intimidated by me or they make fun of me.”

Source: Digital Spy

Emma’s Teenage Dilemma

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has threatened to turn her back on fame for a “normal” teenage life.

Emma, 18, was aged nine when chosen to play Hermione Granger in the big screen adaptations of JK Rowling’s novels.

But despite amassing a reported £10million fortune – and becoming Hollywood’s highest paid actress under 21 – she is “uncertain” that her future is in acting.

Emma said yesterday: “It’s weird, because I’ve always felt uncertain that acting is what I wanted to do.”

She added: “Just because this has happened to me doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing.”

Source: Daily Star

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Emma Watson reveals her future in acting is ‘uncertain’ and that she has ‘no use’ for her millions

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has threatened to turn her back on stardom - because she wants a ‘normal’ teenage life, she revealed today.

The actress, 18, shot to fame aged just nine when she was chosen to play Hermione Granger in the big screen adaptions of JK Rowling’s fantasy novels.

But despite amassing a reported £10 million fortune - and becoming Hollywood’s highest paid actress under 21 - Emma say she is ‘uncertain’ that her future lies in acting.

Speaking on Sunday, the young star - who never went to drama school - said she still didn’t know if acting was ‘the right thing’ for her.

She said: “It’s weird because I’ve always felt uncertain that acting is what I wanted to do, especially compared to Dan (Radcliffe) and Rupert (Grint).

‘I think that’s because I was nine years old when I was given the part without even going to acting school.

‘Just because this has happened to me doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing.

‘I didn’t know I wanted to be an actress, they just found me out of nowhere. So it’s taken me a little while to work out that this was what I wanted to do - well, for now.’

She went on: ‘I’ve come from a background of lawyers and academics. We didn’t watch films in our household.

‘I mean, I had no idea who Maggie Smith or Gary Oldman or any of these people were.

‘So I’m educating myself by watching more films and becoming very passionate about them. But it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be acting forever.’

Emma - who is set to start university in America in September - also claimed she is uncomfortable with her £10 million fortune.

The star, who still lives at home in Oxford with her mum Jacqueline and younger brother Alex, says she has ‘no use’ for her millions.

The A-list actress claims she wants a normal life - preferring to spend the night at the cinema with friends.

She said: ‘Why would someone my age need this much money? Let’s face it, I don’t really have any use for it.

Watson in HArry Potter with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. She admits that she has ‘no use’ for the millions earned from the film series

‘It may sound weird, but I just want to be like my friends and they don’t have that kind of money.

‘So if they are going to the cinema, I go to the cinema. I try to live a regular life, but it’s not always easy.

‘But I believe school and my family have kept me very grounded.’ Despite longing for a normal life, the actress has been linked with a host of celebrities including Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe and Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell.

And she admits that - like many other teenage girls - she is bemused by the etiquette of dating, especially on who should pay for a meal.

‘I don’t think women know what they want anymore - I certainly don’t,’ she said.

‘I don’t know whether I want a nice guy to pay because that’s a nice thing to do or whether I want to be an independent woman and pay for myself.

‘I’m genuinely confused about the whole thing.’

Source: Daily Mail

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Watson unsure if she’ll act forever

British teen actress Emma Watson says she has no “use for” the millions of dollars she has earned for co-starring in the “Harry Potter” movies.

“Why would someone my age need this much money? Let’s face it, I don’t really have any use for it,” the 18-year-old actress, who plays Hermione Granger in the blockbusters, told the Daily Mail.

Watson also said that, coming from a family of attorneys and academics, she is unsure if acting is something she wants to do for the rest of her life, the British newspaper reported Monday.

“I was 9 years old when I was given the part without even going to acting school. Just because this has happened to me doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing,” she said. “I didn’t know I wanted to be an actress, they just found me out of nowhere. So it’s taken me a little while to work out that this was what I wanted to do — well, for now.”

Watson said she didn’t watch a lot of movies at home when she was growing up.

“I had no idea who (actors) Maggie Smith or Gary Oldman or any of these people were,” she told the Mail. “So, I’m educating myself by watching more films and becoming very passionate about them. But it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be acting forever.”

Source: United Press International

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Emma Watson: ‘I Might Quit Acting’

Emma Watson has hinted that she’ll give up stardom in a bid to lead a “normal” teenage life.

The Harry Potter star - who plays Hermione Granger in the big screen adaptions of JK Rowling’s fantasy novels - says she is ‘uncertain’ that her future lies in acting.

She explains, “It’s weird because I’ve always felt uncertain that acting is what I wanted to do, especially compared to Dan (Radcliffe) and Rupert (Grint).

“I think that’s because I was nine years old when I was given the part without even going to acting school.

“Just because this has happened to me doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing.

“I didn’t know I wanted to be an actress, they just found me out of nowhere. So it’s taken me a little while to work out that this was what I wanted to do - well, for now.”

She continued, “I’ve come from a background of lawyers and academics. We didn’t watch films in our household.

“I mean, I had no idea who Maggie Smith or Gary Oldman or any of these people were.

“So I’m educating myself by watching more films and becoming very passionate about them. But it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be acting forever.”

Watson, 18 - who has amassed a reported $20 million fortune; and is Hollywood’s highest paid actress under 21 - also claimed she uncomfortable with the amount of money she has.

She added, “Why would someone my age need this much money? Let’s face it, I don’t really have any use for it.

“It may sound weird, but I just want to be like my friends and they don’t have that kind of money.

“So if they are going to the cinema, I go to the cinema. I try to live a regular life, but it’s not always easy.

“But I believe school and my family have kept me very grounded.

“I don’t think women know what they want anymore - I certainly don’t.

“I don’t know whether I want a nice guy to pay because that’s a nice thing to do or whether I want to be an independent woman and pay for myself.

“I’m genuinely confused about the whole thing.”

Source: Showbiz Spy

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Emma Watson hates the baggage that comes with fame

Emma Watson, 18, who has already amassed £10 million and become a world wide teen icon, is still struggling to reconcile with her fame.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune she was asked to name the one thing about the entertainment business that she would like to change.

“All the baggage that comes with fame, being an actress,” said the Paris born actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. “The down side to it is the intrusion into your life and this expectation that because they’ve seen you onscreen, they kind of have a right to you as a human being and personally and in your life.”

Watson, who earned £2.8 million in the last year, making her the seventh highest-earning young person in show business, is as smart as she is pretty. Having aced her ‘A’ level exams with three A’s in English Literature, History of Art and Geography she plans to continue her education at Cambridge University starting September 2009.

“I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career,” she says.

Watson’s recent animation film, The Tale of Despereaux, released in theatres on December 19, has done brisk business having grossed $35.7 million worldwide. Made on a budget of $10 million the film is based on the similarly named children’s fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo, which won the Newbery Medal in 2004.

Emma Watson provides the voice of Princess Pea in the film, a challenging assignment since it involved acting with just her voice.

Recalling her experience, Watson said, “To be honest, you feel like an idiot a lot of the time, particularly for my part, because it was quite physical: I was being kidnapped, and I was being dragged around, and there was a rat in my room. There were moments you had to be out of breath. You have to kind of re-create this in a dark room, and you have to be quite imaginative about it all. So when I’m screaming and being kidnapped, I was jogging on the spot for a couple of minutes beforehand trying to get me out of breath and get me in the moment.”

Watson is set to start filming for the final Harry Potter film, Deathly Hallows from February 2009. It is planned to be made in two parts to be released in 2010 and 2011.

Source: SAWF Gossip

Text size: increase text sizedecrease text size Emma Watson finds new challenges in ‘Despereaux’

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Having played Hermione in the Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson was used to acting around special effects to be filled in later, but her work in the computer-animated “The Tale of Despereaux” raised such guesswork to a new level.

Playing the sad Princess Pea, who at one point is kidnapped and thrust into a “Gladiator”-like arena by some fiendish rats, the 18-year-old English actress had to concentrate all of her performance in her voice, little knowing what the final product would look like.

“Honestly, I didn’t really know what to expect,” she said. “I read the script. They showed me some sketches of how Pea was going to look. I saw a couple of clips. Aside from that, I didn’t know where they were taking it.”

Over an interview in a beach-side hotel earlier this month, Watson discussed her surprise at the finished product, her decision to stay in school, her desire to act, and, of course, her ongoing life in the world of Harry Potter.

Q.What is it about acting with just your voice that’s different?

To be honest, you feel like an idiot a lot of the time, particularly for my part, because it was Q.uite physical: I was being kidnapped, and I was being dragged around, and there was a rat in my room. There were moments you had to be out of breath. You have to kind of re-create this in a dark room, and you have to be Q.uite imaginative about it all. So when I’m screaming and being kidnapped, I was jogging on the spot for a couple of minutes beforehand trying to get me out of breath and get me in the moment.

Q.What surprised you the most when you finally saw it?

How much I liked it.

Q.’Cause you thought, ‘Oh, this is crap’ while you were making it?

No, not at all! [laughs] I guess you try and set your expectations at a certain level before you go and see a film. It exceeded my expectations.

Q.When I come across “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” on cable, I think, ‘Oh, they were so little then.’ Do you do that?

It is strange. It is incredible how young we were, and we have been depicted in a time of our lives where we’ve changed so much, we look so different, we are so different. It’ll be over a decade when I finish making the Harry Potters, so it’s Q.uite something.

Q.Are you filming now?

No, I start again in February to film “Deathly Hallows,” which will be split into two parts.

Q.Was this movie a nice break for you?

It was. It’s really nice to be part of something different. It’s nice to talk about something that isn’t Harry Potter, actually.

Q.I hear you like to sing.

Yes.

Q.Are you going to be the next Duffy?

[Laughs] She’s great, but I’d rather focus on my acting and get that really good before I branch out into anything else. So I guess it would be on film or on stage or whatever. I would love to do that.

Q.You’ve stayed in school while you’ve been doing all of this.

Mm-hmm. I go to university in September.

Q.You think it’s important to keep the schooling going rather than to be solely career focused?

Yeah. I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career.

Q.If you could change one thing about the entertainment business, what would it be?

All the baggage that comes with fame, being an actress. The down side to it is the intrusion into your life and this expectation that because they’ve seen you onscreen, they kind of have a right to you as a human being and personally and in your life.

Q.What’s the maddest you’ve gotten reading something about yourself?

I really have very little to complain about in terms of what’s written about me. The worst it gets is that I’m dating Dan [Radcliffe, who plays Harry] or Rupert [Grint, who plays Ron] or Tom [Felton, who plays Draco] or whoever it is. That’s kind of the silliest that they get, really.

Q.Do you find that performing Q.uieter scenes is harder than running and screaming?

Actually, it’s funny: I find it easier to cry than I do to laugh convincingly. It’s incredibly hard to pull off a laugh that feels natural take after take after take, that feels real. You can tell a fake laugh [snaps fingers] the minute you hear it, and that’s something I really struggle with more than producing tears.

Q.You can just turn on the waterworks.

Well, I’m a girl, aren’t I?

Source: Chicaco Tribune

Watson Hints At Acting Retirement

“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has hinted she may quit acting after she takes time out to attend university.

Watson previously announced her desire to continue her education and has even applied to a number of colleges, both in the U.K. and America, so she can start her studies next year.

And now the 18-year-old has admitted she is “uncertain” she will return to the big screen after her break.

She says, “It’s weird, because I’ve always felt uncertain that acting is what I wanted to do. Just because this has happened to me doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing.”

Source: SF Gate

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December 22, 2008 - Q&A with Emma Watson

Despite having starred in one of the most successful movie franchises in history, actress Emma Watson was still star-struck when sitting with Sigourney Weaver, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick at the Los Angeles press junket for her upcoming film, “The Tale of Despereaux.”

After the 45-minute press conference, the stars broke into one-on-one interviews; mine was with Emma Watson. In the film, Emma voices Princess Pea. After a tragic accident, Pea’s father becomes depressed, which causes the entire kingdom to lose its jovial atmosphere and alienates Pea to the point where she seeks solace in her bedroom. However, a young mouse named Despereaux (Matthew Broderick) changes all that with a bit of help from a rat named Roscuro.

Q: What in particular drew you to the role of Princess Pea?

EW: I was really drawn to the story and the script. I loved the messages in it. I thought Despereaux — there’s something so charming and endearing about him. Pea, I felt so sorry for her. She’s so isolated and alone. As a whole project, I just wanted to be a part of it.

Q: Was it hard to connect with the character, especially since this was your first voiceover work?

A: I felt nervous. It was very strange just focusing on my voice. I really enjoyed it. Gary was so friendly and helpful. He really guided me all the way through it. I was so lucky that he was so helpful. It was great that Matthew was kind enough to come to London to do a few scenes with me because I realized what a big difference it makes to have an actor to play off of and respond to and how important it is to work with people who are generous. It’s such a team effort. I don’t think you could be good without someone giving you that. It was great.

Q: You did your voiceover somewhat unconventionally — sitting in a room with a boom mike.

A: Yes. It was good because my role of Pea is quite physical — she gets kidnapped and there’s a rat in her room, so she’s screaming. So if I would’ve been in a tight space, out of breath and fighting, being tied down, it would of been hard. It was useful to be able to move. For a couple of takes, I jogged in place to make it sound like I was out of breath so it was kind of authentic. It was good. Gary so kindly gave me a little toy Despereaux that I could hold so I could imagine speaking to something really small. It was really helpful. You have to be imaginative and creative about how to make it work.

Q: You’ve gone to prestigious schools — do you take education seriously?

A: Yes!

Q: Does that keep you grounded and prepared for another career if you decide to leave acting behind?

A: Completely. The film industry is very unstable. You never know when you’re next. Even if you’re really big, you never know the next film that will be right for you. I think it can be very hard to have these intense times when (you’re) making films and you’re working, working, working, working then it stops until the next thing comes along. It’s nice to have something to fill the gap with and have that option.

Q: I hear you speak French?

A: Not as well as I used to. I was born in Paris but left when I was five. Both my parents speak fluently. I need to go back there and brush up.

Q: So no plans to do a French film?

A: Oh god! I’d love to. I loved “Amelie.” My favorite is also “Cyrano de Bergerac” with Gerard Depardieu. I’d like to work with him. I wish my French was that good.

Q: When you got into acting with “Harry Potter,” did you believe things would go the way they are, especially now with “Despereaux?”

A: No. I had a real kind of weird reality-check moment. I was in awe just today — sitting at a table with Matthew Broderick on my left, and Sigourney Weaver and Dustin Hoffman to my right. I was like, This is insane. This is completely surreal. I have no idea how I got here. How am I really here? It was mad. Completely mad. I’ve no idea (how I came) to be part of an unbelievable cast.

Q: What are the things you don’t like about acting? For example, the red carpet?

A: I wouldn’t say it’s the perk of my job. It comes with it. It’s part of the parcel. It’s fun to dress up and get ready. The red carpet can be a pretty intimidating place.

Q: Do you ever get to the point while on the carpet, hearing the photographers yell “To your left” or “to your right,” that you want them to stop?

A: To be honest, I was thrown into the mosh pit known as the red carpet at 11 years old. I’m just used to it all. I know what to expect. I’ve seen it all.

Q: Can doing a press junket be tough?

A: You get sick of the sound of your voice. It’s so nice to be promoting something that’s not “Harry Potter.” Obviously, I love it and it’s great, but it’s so nice to be talking about something different. It’s exciting for me.

Q: Once “Harry Potter” ends, are there any actors you really want to work with or any type of genre piece you want to do?

A: I want to work in every single genre. If anyone will say anything about my career, (it’s that) I was able to do lots of different things and I didn’t just play one person in lots of different films, and my role choices were diverse and interesting. I’d love to do a period drama, a musical, a crazy Baz Lurhmann “Moulin Rouge” … I’d love to do a small independent film. I’d love to do a French film. I want to do everything.

Q: What do you do to decompress from a crazy work load?

A: I used to play a lot of sports. I don’t play much now. You take it for granted when you have (physical education) and game lessons scheduled for you. I paint, I draw. I like being creative and I like photographs. I wander around an art gallery or I’ll make someone a birthday card, Christmas card or whatever. I’ll watch a film with a friend or I’ll cook some dinner.

Source: Wilton Villager

Emma Watson potters about with a mouse

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She’s used to working with her ‘Harry Potter’ co-stars - now Emma Watson’s going it alone for her new film, literally. The actress provides one of the voices in new the animated film ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ - about a little mouse having a big adventure.

And unlike the magical movies where she plays Hermione Granger, Watson explains she had to act out her part alone: “Well, strangely enough I met Dustin Hoffman at an awards ceremony and We were like ‘oh, yes we are going to be in the same together, Oh, yes we are.’ It’s quite strange that you just don’t actually work with the people alongside you in a film like this.”

Although she says the male star who portrays the rodent of the title, did pop by to help her with some scenes: “Matthew Broderick, who plays Despereaux, flew over from L.A and we did a couple of days together, so that was nice and it made it easier. It’s very strange being locked in a dark room and having to put everything just into your voice and pretend all this stuff is happening, like I’m being kidnapped or there was a rat in the room.”

The mouse becomes inspired by knightly ideas of honor and bravery when he reads a book and befriends Emma’s character Princess Pea. But what of her Potter commitments?

The release of ‘The Half Blood Prince’ was pushed back to July 2009 and Emma’s happy to be heading back to the set in February for the next installment, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ which will be divided into two films.

“Everybody is like, “What are you going to do post ‘Potter’?” and I’m like, “Steady on!” I have got two left to make and another one to release, so its not quite over just yet.” ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ opens in the UK, US and Spain on December 19th.

Source: Nhatky.in

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