It just always reveals to me how many misconceptions and what a misunderstanding there is about what feminism is, feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. Emma Watson More Quotes by Emma Watson More Quotes From Emma Watson Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one? Emma Watson uncomfortable WE NEED MORE OF THOSE AND IF YOU STILL HATE THE WORD, IT IS NOT THE WORD THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S THE IDEA AND THE AMBITION BEHIND IT. Emma Watson hateambitionmotivational It's amazing people get so detached from what they eat and what they wear. No one has any contact with how things are made that are put in their body and put in their mouths and I just find it alarming that no one questions it. Emma Watson bodymouthspeople I wasn't one of those girls who always dreamed of being an actress. I went to a normal school and then these film auditioners turned up when I was nine. Then I just fell into this whirlwind. Emma Watson girlnineschool Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy. Emma Watson empathymediareading I genuinely haven't really had a rebellious phase. I think it's just because of the way I was brought up. I think it's because I left home when I was ten years old. Emma Watson homeyearsthinking Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time! Emma Watson halfuselong I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn't even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I'd found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged. Emma Watson 20th-birthdaygroupsparty I'm excited about the ageing process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling. Emma Watson agingexcitedperfect I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up by her father. I've been stunned by the amount of men in my life that have contacted me since my speech to tell me to keep going, and that they want to make sure that their daughters will still be alive to see a world where women have power and equality, economically and politically. Emma Watson daughtertakenfather I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times. Emma Watson very-famousscaryacting I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark! This was the beginning of a love affair with the arts. Emma Watson larkstelevisionart I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that's, like, organic or free trade. I love him, he's a very good person and an amazing designer, and I have a lot of respect and time for him. Emma Watson good-personi-love-himdesigner When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim - that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be. Shakespeare said the course of true love never did run smooth and I had a sense it had to be painful. It was such a revelation to realise it shouldn't be that way and you get to choose who you love and who you give your heart to. Emma Watson painheartrunning In Cancún, I felt like I had walked into an American teen movie. Emma Watson felt It's very hard to describe your own style. And I'm young, so I'm still experimenting. But I think it's quite British and very much about individuality. Emma Watson styleindividualitythinking I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own. Emma Watson first-kisskissingneeds It's quite stressful knowing that every time you walk out the door, someone is going to be giving you a very good look up and down, judging everything you wear. Emma Watson knowingdoorsgiving I have to kind of like switch heads. Sometimes I manage it seamlessly, and other times I feel rather all over the place. I feel a bit schizophrenic, like I have a split personality. Emma Watson splitskindpersonality If I went to somewhere busy, I wouldn't last very long. I can't go to a museum - I'll last 10 or 15 minutes in a museum. The problem is that when one person asks for a photograph, then someone sees a flash goes off, then everyone else sort of... it's sort of like a domino effect. Emma Watson lastsmuseumslong
