A new interview with Emma for Noah x

A new interview with Emma is online for Noah, check it out!

http://youngplusmag.net/emma-watson-interview/

Who you are wearing and the shoes?
The shoes are by Prada, and Antonio Berardi.
You’ve moved to the United States, is this something that’s going to be permanent and do you feel any nostalgia to having been an icon in England?
Interesting question. Well first of all, I am still finishing my degree, so that’s one of the reasons why I am still in the States…

So how far along are you on that? 
I’m very close, I think I have got three classes left to take, and then I will graduate. So I am close, which is nice. But also I think I am less of a local celebrity, less of a local face here so that affords me a greater degree of freedom. And, I don’t know I just always felt really comfortable here.

And the opportunities are good. Do you have any from England?
I do have opportunities from England. I think I would love to go back at some point and do some theater, that’s something that I am looking at. I am just waiting to try and get my studies done, because you need a bit more time to get all of that together. But I mean it’s more of a cottage industry, it’s nowhere as big as it is here. But I think there are some amazing craftspeople and technicians and directors and there are some really great artists coming out of England. But of course the scale isn’t the same.
We saw you grow up at a really young age and you have been working with some great directors lately. Was it Sofia Coppola that you really wanted to work with on The Bling Ring or was it the story that attracted you to the film?
I was attracted to the project because I find Sofia really interesting, and then the role actually came about after meeting her. So it wasn’t actually the role I was chasing, it was more Sofia. And it just so happened that she’s this incredibly eccentric character. But I had a lot of fun doing that too.

The film is about teenagers who steal from the homes of celebrities. I am sure after filming that, you are more careful with your things?
[Laughter] Yes!

When you travel, do you lock your suitcase and what is the thing that you must travel with?
[Laughs] That’s a funny question. I do, I always padlock my suitcases, I definitely don’t leave my house keys underneath my doormat, I have a burglar alarm, I lock my windows and doors, so no, I definitely take precautions. But it’s definitely chilling watching that film and realizing that people just have access to just so much more information these days, they really can find out where you are at any given moment.

What is the most precious thing that you bring in your suitcase?
My teddy bear probably. [Laughs] I would be really upset if that had got taken.

What is your worst vacation ever or the best vacation ever and can you tell us a bit about your favorite sport?
The worst holiday ever, I am trying to think specifically… I recently went on holiday, I won’t say exactly where, but it was meant to be to a hot climate, a hot destination, and I only went for three days, and it poured like a monsoon 24/7, [laughter]… that was a little upsetting. So probably that, and then my favorite sport, do you mean to watch or to engage in, to play?

To engage in…
I like table tennis, I am very into table tennis. Always have been, and I feel like that’s something you can get everyone to play and you don’t have to sweat too much.
You mentioned that Sofia was an eccentric character; I would love to hear more about it and how was your work with her?
Sofia is really interesting, because she really lets people figure things out on their own, she certainly doesn’t over direct, she is very sparse with her commentary, but it’s always right to the point and she is very specific. But really, a lot of the work came with the character before I was cast and before we started shooting. So she had me write a diary in person as Nicki and I actually started a blog as Nicki and she had me do vision boards with my family, she had me rob a house, she had it set up so we could go and rob a house, she had me take pole dancing classes, so before we started, there was an awful lot of preparation that went into it. Then, when we stepped on set, she just kind of said, do whatever you feel like. She let us improvise, and very often we would only do two or three takes, and she would be happy, which I found very disconcerting. I am used to everything having to be perfect and having to be exact the way it’s written in the script and doing it like 100 times over and over, so it took me a while to get used to that. But it was very freeing and very liberating, and she just really trusted me, which was lovely. So it was a really nice relationship that we had.

What was your reaction when you walked into Paris Hilton’s closet?
My jaw just dropped. I couldn’t fathom that amount of shoes, that quantity of clothing, and it was just another world. And I don’t know how anyone, I mean surely, she will never be able to wear all those shoes in one lifetime, it’s amazing. I felt like I had entered a treasure cove somewhere. It was really fun.

Your favorite food?
My favorite food are Hobnobs, they are an English chocolate biscuit.

What’s your favorite extravagance?
My favorite extravagance, candles…

And how do you escape?
I escape to my home and my cats.

As you look back at the many years of doing Harry Potter, does it seem like a distant memory for you, or is it constantly in your thoughts? How do you relate to those many years that shaped you and made you so well known?
Well it’s interesting, I am 23 now, and we finished shooting four years ago, so for me that feels like a long time ago. But I forget that it’s still very present in people’s minds, it’s still playing in people’s living rooms, there’s a whole new generation of kids who are starting to watch the films and read the books and it’s not going anywhere. It sounds really strange, but the other night I sat down and I was like, I just need to watch one of them, and just remind myself what all of that was like, because for me, it does feel quite far removed. I met a little girl who came up to me on the red carpet and it’s still just very heartwarming to be part of something that really means something to a lot of young people. It’s really special and sometimes it really puts a lot of it into perspective and makes it all make sense. And you see that it really genuinely gives a lot of joy. So yeah, it’s funny, it’s still there, definitely.

Do you like Twitter? And which way do you like to communicate with your friends? Do you like letters? 
[Laughter] I do Tweet, but I mainly use it as a way to discuss film, music, films I am doing, I don’t use it as much of a personal forum necessarily. It’s more to do with the arts and my discussion of that. But I think it’s amazing that it just enables you to stay in contact with people who are far away from you. I travel constantly for work, so I am really grateful that I am able to use this kind of technology. I can feel really connected to two people that I don’t get to see every day. I do still write letters. I write thank-you letters. But emails tend to get there quicker, so [laughs] usually emails with friends.

Star profile
Full name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Birthplace: Paris, France
Birth date: April 15, 1990
Major films she has starred in: All eight Harry Potter flicks; My Week with Marilyn; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Bling Ring
Fashion: Emma was the face of Burberry for their 2009 Autumn/Winter collection
Favorite perfume: Trésor Midnight Rose by Lancôme. Emma helped to create it!
Pets: She has two cats, Bubble and Domino
Favorite food: Hobnobs (an English biscuit)
Education: Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Social media: More than 12 million followers on Twitter and 17 million likes on Facebook!