30 Times Emma Watson's Words Were Positively Spellbinding

"Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It's about freedom, it's about liberation, it's about equality. I really don't know what my tits have to do with it. It's very confusing."

— 2017 interview

"We are not supposed to talk about money, because people will think you're difficult or a diva. But there's a willingness now to be like, fine. Call me a 'diva', call me a 'feminazi', call me 'difficult', call me a 'First World feminist', call me whatever you want, it's not going to stop me from trying to do the right thing and make sure that the right thing happens. Because it doesn't just affect me, it affects all the other women who are in this with me, and it affects all the other men who are in this with me, too."

— 2016 interview

"Women want to be women. We just want to be treated equally. It's not about man hating. [US feminist, author and activist] Bell Hooks says, 'Patriarchy has no gender.' It's true."

— 2016 interview

"Comparing myself to how I look, when I've gone through all of that makeup and styling, in my normal life is . . . just . . . I can't live up to it. I was like, 'Holy sh*t! If that's how I feel — and I get to be the person who's on the cover of those magazines — how's anyone else meant to cope?'"

— 2016 interview

"I've had my arse slapped as I've left a room. I've felt scared walking home. I've had people following me. I don't talk about these experiences much, because coming from me they'll sound like a huge deal and I don't want this to be about me, but most women I know have experienced it and worse . . . this is unfortunately how it is. It's so much more pervasive than we acknowledge. It shouldn't be an acceptable fact of life that women should be afraid."

— 2016 interview

"There are misconceptions about the word. The way it is constructed — it's obviously got feminine in the word — immediately pushes men away from it, because they think, 'Oh, it's got nothing to do with me.' Also, they have this idea that it is about women competing with men, or being against men, or wanting to be men, which is a huge misconception."

— 2016 interview

"Supporting women's and girls organizations is the single greatest hope we have for worldwide transformative change — and my philanthropic choices are grounded in that belief."

— 2018 instagram

"I was like: 'Why does everyone make such a big fuss about turning 30? This is not a big deal …' Cut to 29, and I'm like: 'Oh my god, I feel so stressed and anxious.' And I realize it's because there is suddenly this bloody influx of subliminal messaging around. If you have not built a home, if you do not have a husband, if you do not have a baby, and you are turning 30, and you're not in some incredibly secure, stable place in your career, or you're still figuring things out . . . There's this incredible amount of anxiety."

— 2019 interview

"What was really nice about working with Laura Dern and Meryl Streep was that the three of us knew each other way before we did Little Women. We met in activist spaces, so we had this allyship and solidarity as activists that had been part of a certain movement before we ever worked together."

— 2019 interview

"MTV's move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone. But to me, it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. And that doesn't need to be separated into two different categories."

— 2017 speech

"To be honest, I felt more myself with that haircut. I felt bold, and it felt empowering because it was my choice. It felt sexy too. Maybe it was the bare neck, but for some reason I felt super-, supersexy."

— 2014 interview

"When, at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn't want to appear 'muscly.' When, at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings. I decided that I was a feminist."

— 2014 speech at the UN

"I don't know. I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy."

— 2014 interview

"Who here actually thinks I would do Fifty Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life. . . . ? . . . Good. Well that's that sorted then."

— 2013 tweets

"Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I was worried I'd never get out again."

— 2013 interview

"The character is everything that I felt strongly against — she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She's all of these things and I realized that I hated her. How do you play someone you hate? But I found it really interesting, and it gave me a whole new insight into what my job, or my role as an actress, could be."

— 2013 interview

"Yeah, it was horrible! I mean really horrible. I felt incredibly awkward. It was not something I was [looking forward to]. I don't know, but it looked good. We somehow managed to make it look realistic. I was proud of myself that I managed to power through and be professional."

— 2011 interview

"He is a good kisser. I can definitely vouch for that."

— 2010 interview

"I try and intellectualize a lot, which she does as well obviously. She's very determined, I am as well. I like to think that I am very loyal in the same way that she is. Bit of a feminist in the same way that she is. I will speak my mind in the same way that she does."

— 2011 interview

"If I had it my way, I would have just kept it short forever. Of course, men like long hair. There's no two ways about it. The majority of the boys around me were like, 'Why did you do that? That's such an error.' And I was like, 'Well, honestly, I don't really care what you think!' I've never felt so confident as I did with short hair — I felt really good in my own skin."

— 2012 interview

"Oh, I think Rupert's gorgeous. He is, he's totally gorgeous! Very handsome, very handsome indeed."

— 2009 interview

"I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love — and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. I would love to not date someone in the same industry as me. Otherwise it becomes what it means to everyone else."

— 2011 interview

"I guess I should just take it as a compliment. . . . Well I said to him last night, I was like, 'You've been telling everyone I pounced on you!' He's like, 'I didn't use those words. I didn't use those words.' I'm was like, 'Whatever, Dan.' It could be [a good thing], that's why I'm taking it like a compliment. He's said, 'No, no! I gave you 10 out of 10 for kissing.' I was like, 'All right, as long as it's positive I guess it's fine.'"

— 2011 interview

"If I want to see someone, I want to see them, and if I don't, then I don't. My friends are always telling me I have to play hard to get because I'll pretty much say to a guy, 'I like you — let's go hang out.' But my friends are like, 'You can't do that! You have to string this guy along.' And I'm just like, 'No! I won't! I just want to go on the date!' It's a nightmare — I definitely haven't figured it out yet."

— 2011 interview