Harry Potter alum Emma Watson has revealed more about her decision to leave acting behind...
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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Emma Watson remains a household name, largely thanks to her
work in the Harry Potter franchise and several high profile
projects that followed well into adulthood. But since twenty nineteen
with a role in Little Women, Emma has turned down
every acting gig offer.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
To her and it sounds like I may stay that way.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
And while most actors who step away from acting to
do so because of issues with fame, for Emma, it
was the toll of film's publicity tour took on her.
She tells, Hollywood authentic. In some ways, I really won
the lottery with acting and what happened to me having
such a successful career is so unusual. But a bigger
component than the actual job itself is the promotion and
selling of that piece of art.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
The balance of that is off.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I'll be honest and straightforward and say I do not
miss selling things. I found it to be quite soul destroying.
But I do very much mis using my skill set
in the art. But I got to do so little
of the part I actually enjoyed. That's Emma Watson, who
hads she's the happiest. She's ever been.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Now that's direct from Hollywood.
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