100 Inspirational Quotes By Emma Watson
The face of feminism, Emma Watson has never shied away from raising her voice against gender inequality. Similar to her famous on-screen character ‘Hermione Granger’ in the Harry Potter series, Watson is a self-confessed nerd and bookworm. She graduated from the prestigious Brown University and has always portrayed the role of an intelligent woman in her movies. She is highly active on social media where she shares her opinions and thoughts supporting several social causes. She has also been a spokesperson at the UN giving a speech on the importance of gender equality. Let’s take a look at some of her most inspiring quotes on determination, ambition, education, imperfection, books, beauty, love, and courage.
I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. I don't fit that mould.
I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!
Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint to me are like a pair of warm-hearted brothers.
I like Valentino a lot - they never use actresses in their campaigns.
The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life.
I love Karl Lagerfeld. I worship him. I was brought up in Paris, and my mum used to wear a lot of Chanel. I love the brand.
But sometimes I've felt a little constrained by that idea of who I'm meant to be.
I've got about eight pairs of shoes, and that's it.
My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.
I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion, and I love vintage.
I'm a very heady person; I'm in my head a lot.
I think when I was younger I wasn't really sure if I wanted to act, so I played around with a few different ideas. I wasn't sure whether I might want to write or whether I might want to do something in fashion.
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.
As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive.
I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human.
I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way.
I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.
I'm very romantic and of course I want to be in love.
Make-up is actually something I've always really loved.
I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night.
As I've got older, and since I cut all my hair off, I've felt a bit more liberated about trying different things out.
I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.
I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.
The difficulty for me is that I'm interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things.
I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.
Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.
As an actress I take roles I find interesting.
I dance a lot and I run and do yoga and play field hockey and tennis. I like to be active. I don't always have time for that stuff, but I do always feel better afterward.
I've never understood having crushes on people who you don't know in real life.
I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I.
