Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Emma Watson shares her "essential quarantine reading"



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Someone asked me when Emma had changed her Instagram name to her full name and I thought they meant her handle. But no, they really meant name. Emma did change it from Emma Watson to Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson.

I apologize to the person by the way. I don't think I answered them and I can't remember which platform they used.




Emma's list of "essential quarantine reading":

Untamed - Glennon Doyle (affiliated link)
"Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is."
"Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return."
"Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights, and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. Hilarious, horrifying, and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know—and more than a few things you didn’t—about life on and off the hospital ward."
"Drawing on a deep and varied archive of materials—early sexological texts, fugitive slave narratives, Afro-modernist literature, sensationalist journalism, Hollywood films—Snorton attends to how slavery and the production of racialized gender provided the foundations for an understanding of gender as mutable. In tracing the twinned genealogies of blackness and transness, Snorton follows multiple trajectories, from the medical experiments conducted on enslaved black women by J. Marion Sims, the “father of American gynecology,” to the negation of blackness that makes transnormativity possible."




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88 comments:

Anonymous said...

Y'know I've always wondered how the heck she came by Duerre as a second middle name. I know it's an old Frankish surname, but what's it doing there between Charlotte and Watson? Maybe a grandparent's last name? Just idle curiosity.

Anonymous said...

She's named after her French-Turkish grandmother

Anonymous said...

I've also have the same curiosity.

Anonymous said...

La respuesta de Emma la vi en una entrevista hace mucho ella dijo que su tercer nombre "Duerre" es alemán pero que no sabe porque se lo colocaron ya que no tiene familiares alemanes y su nombre Charlotte es por su abuela que es francesa.

Anonymous said...

Daniel and many others to read the first HP book online as part of JK Rowlings new site;

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/05/entertainment/daniel-radcliffe-reads-harry-potter-trnd/index.html

It would seem Emma is not taking part.

Anonymous said...

It does say others may contribute, would be nice to maybe get her at some point. She's got a great voice for it.

Anonymous said...

Noma was one of the first announced, so they probably have “Hermione” already. Though Dan is a very recent addition (and it’s the first even remotely HP thing he’s done since the end of franchise) so let’s see.

Anonymous said...

Honestly if anybody else from the HP movies agrees to do this,it will most like be Tom. And as the anon above said they already got Noma, so "Hermione" might already be covered. It'd be cool if Emma read a chapter though.

Anonymous said...

Although I doubt that Emma will read a chapter since they already have a "Hermione"(Noma) . Am I the only one who thinks that it's kinda wierd how there's other celebrities reading it. I mean don't get me wrong it's great. But as of now Dan is the only actor(main cast)from the movies whose read a chapter. I would've thought there be more actors from the movies doing it.

Anonymous said...

They’ll likely do the other books as well at some point, so I’d imagine even if she isn’t involved in the first one she’ll do a chapter at some point.

Thaïs said...

Concerning the reading, Emma really suffers from this Hermione image that people can't forget (she even said sometimes her friends talk to her as Hermione not as Emma), so I'll doubt she'll actively come back to the HP universe soon.

Anonymous said...

"Concerning the reading, Emma really suffers from this Hermione image that people can't forget (she even said sometimes her friends talk to her as Hermione not as Emma), so I'll doubt she'll actively come back to the HP universe soon."


She'll be back for the inevitable sequels in a decade or so. Money talks.

Gacek870 said...

Thaïs said...
Emma really suffers from this Hermione image that people can't forget (she even said sometimes her friends talk to her as Hermione not as Emma)

Yeah but she doesn't do anything to change her image. What is more, she at some point even admited that she is a lot like Hermione. I think her career choices, (UN, Hehorshe campaign) are similar to what Hermione would do. I know that I am going a little overboard here, but I think she built her public image on Hermione and it was a deliberate decision.

Anonymous said...

Agreed but i dont give a fuck about it and only wish her happy with whoever she is with and whatever shes doing. Im so pissed with some of her fans who still want her to ended up with rupert cz they are just like ron hermione in real life. They cursed their parners, said nasty things to them, mocking them. What an unhealthy fan they are. They dont use their brain. Get a life guys.

Gacek870 said...

Yeah I don't care about her dating life, is not my business, but I wish she was a little bit more active in the movie industry and maybe invest in some kind of acting or script writing lessons, something somithing like that.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Gacek. I don't understand the lack of passion, when she could be helping make (act/produce/write) feminist films

Anonymous said...

But Emma has always been smart and that doesn't anything to do with Hermione. She said in one of first interviews that she would finish school no matter what. And that people saw her as "Hermione" instead of Emma even before she went into activism. So I doubt she built her persona on being "Hermione" when that's what some people have always seen her as. And I'm genuinely confused as to why so many people on this blog are so bothered by her activism. She genuinely seems to care about it. And she's trying to bring attention to things that are not always in the media. Although I do like her movies if she chooses to not continue her acting career it really doesn't matter. As long as she's happy and invested in what she's doing then good for her, whether that's acting,activism or something thing else.

Gacek870 said...

Yeah she had a great feminist movie Little women where she had an opportunity to put a little more focus on different, less popular type of feminism which was represented by Meg. Yet she never spoke about her character, she even said in the interwiev on the premiere that she identifies herself with Jo. I understand that 99% of women do, but damn, it looked like she didn't even liked her role.

Anonymous said...

She defended Megs'choices though and said that all the March sisters were amazing in their own way. She identifies with Jo(like you said, most of us do)but she never put down Meg.

Anonymous said...

Keep in mind they would also have to convince the rest of the cast as well. And although it might be cool,I highly doubt that it will happen or if there will even be a market for it.

Anonymous said...

She could speak about Meg during movie promo tour, but she choose to skip whole promotion job.

Anonymous said...

I know I am few days late, but Kitty from The masked singer, wasn't Emma after all. People on twitter for some reasons were so sure about that.

Anonymous said...

Emma's contract (negotiated usually by agencies and sometimes managers)with Sony didn't include press. So technically she can't skip something she was never scheduled for in the first place.I heard a couple of people say that there was shift in a couple of things to squeeze in Eliza as well (although I dont know if that's true).

Anonymous said...

We all know that her cotract didn't include press, so she did what she was obligated to, but come on, If she realy wanted to do it, Sony wouldn't forbid her. She has still a big name. Let's face it, she didn't want to do it.

Anonymous said...

She's the one asking for it, her management only follow her lead. She didn't want to do promo and for a movie all about sisterhood (and feminism) it isn't cool. Eliza wasn't at all the events because she was working, Emma didn't go because she didn't want.

Anonymous said...

I dont think she wanted to do it as i think she is kind of getting tired of it all (acting) in general. Nothing in stone just a feeling on my part and how in recent years she has strayed more and more away from that part of her life.

Gacek870 said...

I agree with anons at 1:30 PM and at 2:34 PM, that's why I don't think she's gonna do another movie, plus she's not gonna take part in some tv or streaming series. What's even worse, I don't think important people would like to offer her a lead role if they know she's not fond of promotional duties.

Anonymous said...

That's why I'm lowkey glad she's moving more into activism. Don't get me wrong I like her movies and all. But I'd rather her (or anyone really) do something they're really intrested in than something that their expected to do. Let's be honest how many of us are just as passionate about something we've done since we were a kid. Then add around 20-19ish years of people being watching you do that specific thing . Like an anon above said she really seems to enjoy/like activism. And good for her if that's what she wants to do. I'd rather Emma (or literally anybody) do something they enjoy then to feel forced or to half ass something just because it's expected of them. Also it's not like it hasn't been said that Emma doesn't do well with the attention. David Heyman and Yates, JK Rowling,Stephen Chbosky,a couple co-stars and crew members have all said the same thing.

Sidemote: There's some of actors/actresses who don't do press most of the time or sometimes at all. And they're still getting roles. Stay as safe as possible, and wash your hands.

Anonymous said...

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she the first out of the "Golden Trio" to walk away from all of it. She almost quit through the course HP because all if was getting to her. And the fact that she was adamant on finishing school didn't help. I've also heard that she started to have really bad anxiety during the filming of PoA. And that she still does,(From people who've worked with her on a couple of sets). There's also been a couple of producers, directors and co-stars confirm that she doesn't exactly do well with the attention. If she wants to move into activism then good for her. I really don't get why some people on this blog are bothered by that. Emma seems really dedicated to activism/feminism right now and that's great. I'd rather have literally anybody do what they're genuinely interested/passionate about(as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody or anything else). Then for somebody to half ass anything just because they feel like it's some kind of requirement they have to fill. I like her movies but if she decides that Little Women is her last one then that's fine too.
* And before y'all start assuming I'm lying about the people who've worked with her. They're all Union members however I'm not one of them. Therefore I don't how bad her anxiety might be. But it's enough to have been noticed by strangers throughout the years.

Anonymous said...

Unpopular opinion here. But Emma missed litteraly one press tour and y'all act like she doesnt give a fuck about something she signed up to do. She's not the only actor/actress to ever do that before. I genuinely can't think of an actor/actress whose been aeound as long as her who has been to every single event/press tour for a movie(feel free to list them in a reply.I really couldn't think of one). Even if Littele Women is her last movie,why would that be a bad thing. It's better to walk away from something on your own terms than to stick around untill you resent it. I'm personally wondering what's next in her activism. She seems to be really invested in that right now.

Anonymous said...

She acts in stuff she’s extremely interested in, when the right role with the right director comes along she signs on. She’s always said she’s not interested in quantity. But on that note there’s literally 4 years in the last 20 that she hasn’t had a film out. People need to get a grip. Loads of actors come in and out and do a film there are really passionate about every few years, she’s far more active than loads of famous actors and she still has a huge fan base and name recognition. She’s in an incredibly fortunate position career wise, she walked into a best picture nominated film in little women. She posted about inclusivity riders in acting on Twitter the other day which is hardly the sign of someone retiring, she just only does stuff she’s really really interested in, enough to tear her away from her activism for awhile. She clearly isn’t interested in acting for acting sake and getting to some place strategically, she’s just interested in certain roles and working with certain people, and why not. Carey Mulligan, Joseph Gordon Levitt etc do the exact same. I think we’ll get a movie every few years.

Anonymous said...

It's not only the press tour, the last time she was in a movie set was in 2018 (LW) and before that 2015. What irks me is she was second billed for playing Meg and didn't even do promo.

The thing is she isn't switching to activism either. She stepped down from OSS and the only work she did since January was a sponsored post on instagram and a sub-par interview in Teen Vogue. Oh and asked DM to write about her new BF.

Before anyone label me as a "hater", no I'm not, I really like her, just disappointed that at 30yo it's what she's doing with all the opportunities she has.

Anonymous said...

''She’s always said she’s not interested in quantity. But on that note there’s literally 4 years in the last 20 that she hasn’t had a film out''.

That is true but before Little woman started filming in October 2018 she hadn't been on movie set for almost 3 years. Now once again it has sbeen almost 2 years she was sign in Little woman and we don't have any information about new projects.

''The thing is she isn't switching to activism either. She stepped down from OSS and the only work she did since January was a sponsored post on instagram and a sub-par interview in Teen Vogue''

I agree. It's not her activism work is everyday job.Since she finished her involment in G7 project a year ago, she mostly reetwiting things. Even her work in OSS for a last 2 years was sporadic, now she stepped down from it officially. I though she's gonna work in Lady Margaret Hall, when she was asigned as Associate Fellow, but I am not sure her bachelor degree would be enough.

Anonymous said...

she did promo she just didn’t do the press tour... which loads of actors don’t, especially when she can reach such a huge audience without it. People are acting like not being on a set for a year every now and then is big news, when it’s very common in acting, only 2% of actors are in employment at any one time, 2%, you can count the years she’s not been on set on one hand and she’s worked for 20.
That she isn’t doing activism either is incorrect. She’s involved in 30 charities, many of which she sits on as a non-executive director and she’s also on the G7 gender equality commission. She does a huge amount of work behind the scenes.
I have absolutely no problem with common sense and constructive criticism which is often very warranted but people spouting bile is another story. Saying you aren’t a hater and then accusing her of selling or giving stories about her personal life to the DM is a bit of a joke...

Anonymous said...

We should all be so lucky to only do what we want with our lives. And so good as to make “what we want” activism.

Seriously, Emma’s not wasting her potential by not acting constantly. She’s enjoying her youth, seeing the world, and trying to find a life partner while also contributing to a bunch of good causes and acting in hit movies when she feels like it. If that’s not “living her best life” I don’t know what is.

This is the very first press tour she skipped, and before that she did two in a row for like half a year. Just by being in the movie, Emma made Little Women a bigger deal, and she would have stolen the other actors’ spotlight in any group interview (as well as make things awkward when every talk show wanted her over Pugh or Ronan, because she’s the biggest star aside from Streep.)

She was a replacement in a supporting part and she asked to not do the stressful marketing stuff because it would have been unpleasant for her and no favor to her costars.

Anonymous said...

''many of which she sits on as a non-executive director''

Where did it come from?

''she’s the biggest star aside from Streep''

Ronan is much bigger star, and hotter name than Emma. Stop living in Harry Potter times

Anonymous said...

Dude, have you not seen the way DM writes about her? Who in their actual mind wohld sell them a story. They asking around asking for Leo's name for months. They even asked the people at Gail's (I personally didn't know his name,so I didn't say anything). And their "source" was most likely one of his former co-workers. The artcile did say they were suspicious of how close they were. And some od his personal information was on the internet before the DM story came out. I'm pretty sure it's all down now since not even Linked In has it. And his older sister has made the news before so tying them to each other wasn't that hard.

Eden said...

That's not "living in Harry Potter times". Saoirse is more critically acclaimed but Emma is more famous (especially thanks to HP and B&B), that's not shitting on either actresses, those are just facts.

Anonymous said...

Eden's right. Ronan and Pugh are both more critically acclaimed actors but neither has Watson's "name value." Despite not filming much, Emma generates a ton of buzz, and is a bankable Capital M Movie Star -- you know because people care about her public persona as much as they do her films. Her typecasting helped Beauty & the Beast Remake make $1.26 billion worldwide and cemented the way Disney does their live-action remakes. She's survived several waves of Anna Hathaway-style backlashes and remains hugely popular and sought-after for major roles. I say this as a big Emma fan, but her acting is unreliable at best (though she was great in Little Women) and she's still a huge star. I really don't think Florence and Saoirse and Eliza would have loved sitting around while Kimmel teased Emma about "self-partnered."

Anonymous said...

Eden maybe you are right, but I really believe that more people go to cinema just to watch a movie with Ronan, than a movie with Emma, especially in recent years (unfortunately). Ronan is a guarantee of magnificent performance. Of course big productions and brands like BATB gonna do well, but movies like The Circle and Colonia is a different story.

Anonymous said...

I don't follow Emma that much but even I knew she was on alot of organizations and foundations for activism/feminism. She's mentioned them in interviews. And while all of her co-stars are amazing in Little Women lets nor ignore the fact that they were often asked or brought up Emma to them. Greta in a interview mentioned that Emma was doing something with the G7. And to back that up when they asked Luke (her publisist) he confirmed that and revealed he can't say where she was for safety reasons. And like Eden said Saoirse is more criticality acclaimed but Emma is a more recognizable name. What I genuinely never understood was how the same people who would make memes and jokes about Emma not being the press tour were the same people asking where she was. Like why bash someone when the other 3 that you do like are there but keep asking why the one you don't like isn't.

Anonymous said...

Come on now, Saoirse Ronan a bigger name? Saoirse is a terrific and well respected actress, but Emma is a movie star and one of the best known names in the world acting wise of an entire generation, she’s A-list and will be for a long time due to Potter (and since then B&B) whether she works or not, that does not equate to respect from critics (though she is generally pretty favorably reviewer) but at the box office it’s a different story and in Hollywood money talks more than anything else. You put her in the right role she’s box office gold, she even got credited by the industry mags like deadline, variety and Forbes as one of the top ten reasons for little women’s box office. Paramount pretty much credited her with Noah’s opening weekend, and the same industry mags thought she was one of the main reasons B&B beat its box office expectations by so much. She’s a huge star with a massive reach. She reached 10 times with an Instagram post than any of the others doing the late night talk shows. Her interviews can make news globally. Her star will wane but if she keeps popping up in stuff like little women it’ll take a very long time, even if it’s only every few years. She got a very nice top up, personally and critically, press tour or not, I doubt the public even noticed as she was everywhere in the media without really trying.

Anonymous said...

Just my 5 cents here.
Emma's private life is none of anyone's business.
But she cannot ignore the fact she's been following by millions. I suppose it's the reason why she still keeps maintaining her social media accounts. And as long as she's doing this I think she should be honest with all the people who're following her. In the topics she decided to bring into spotlight; e.g.: like her private life referring to it in the interview for "Vogue" describing her self-partnered status.
She was very certain on that even inventing a new term for this but then we can see thru non-official channels (paps' pics) she's dating various guys almost constantly. Nothing bad in it as long as her public statement is consistent. And it isn't. There is a huge gap between what she's saying publicly and her real profile (very fiercely guarded private whereabouts). There is a lot of inconsistency between both.
It's the same with her public admiration for Jo's character (instead of portrayed by her Meg) while she's is obviously looking for a life partner in her private life. It's only my opinion but I think her constant dates and swapping the partners have much more to do with trying to find Mr. Right rather to live in a non-convential way. I think she's a very conservative person in private.
Moreover: Emma is involved in some public activities (less & less over time) performing some public duties, but at the same time she complains about the attention that is paid by the mass media. Of course her complaints are about spying on her in private.
But still: she clearly forgot or doesn't know at all that she cannot have it both ways.

Dj Anubis said...

"That's not "living in Harry Potter times". Saoirse is more critically acclaimed but Emma is more famous (especially thanks to HP and B&B)"

I would say thats a pretty fair assessment.

Anonymous said...

Sorry English isn't my first language, but Emma didn't give DM that story. They really have been asking foe his name and information for months now

Anonymous said...

You talk about her like she's an angel who does no wrong, it's not healthy to put a real person who you don't know personally in a pedestal. She's human and she makes mistakes

Anonymous said...

Saoirse will be the "next Streep" (3 oscars nominations at 23, it's incredible!), Emma will always be the "HP girl" (not shitting on her for it!).

Emma being 2nd billed for playing Meg wasn't fair but at least Florence got an oscar nomination and a lot of praises. She'd have done promo for the amount she was paid but again not everything is fair.

Anonymous said...

Right, because people flocked to see On Cecil Beach and the Seagull. Saoirse despite the nominations has bugger all name recognition and has never been in a big movie other than the Host, and look how that went. She’s lot of things but not a bankable movie star.

Gacek870 said...

Yes Emma played in bigger movies, but let's be honest HP and BATB would be a box office hits no matter if they had Emma in it or not. Both of this title has been well known before they made a movies. Ronan is a better actress for sure, I think she can lift up a mediocre movie, make it better. I'm not sure Emma is capable of that.

Anonymous said...

Nobody is saying they wouldn’t have been successes but all industry press recognized that Emma added considerably to B&B beating expectations to the extent it did, it outperformed even the most optimistic expectations by a long way And she got credited with a size able portion of that. Likewise many of them did the same for Little Women, deadline and variety mentioned Emma as one of their top reasons for its strong box office and that she was a considerable weapon for Sony. Paramount even did it themselves for Noah. Look at a movie like this is the end where Emma was in it 5 mins and Sony even gave her her own poster. That isn’t done by accident. Saoirse as good an actor as she is cannot do that, she has no big numbers. Emma adds numbers to box office, especially in the right role and adds global press. That is incredibly valuable to studios. Emma has shown she has the star that can even get movies made at times with Perks and Colonia. Nobody is saying Saoirse isn’t good or couldn’t be a box office draw, she just isn’t a size able one at present, she needs names around her like a Emma to make the bucks, Emma wasn’t second billed on screen time. Sony didn’t give Emma the first photos etc. for no reason, they gave them to who could generate buzz. Emma can get publicity by sneezing.

Anonymous said...

I like the entire cast of Little Women. However (I'm not sure how to phrase this English isn't my first language)But out of the 4 March sisters Emma is the most recognizable name on a world wide market. Don't get me wrong they're all amazing in their own way. Sony isn't stupid they're well aware of this.Emma doesn't have to try as hard to make headlines. All it took for her was to make a throwaway comment about being self-partnered. While Saoirse,Florence and Eliza were all doing press for close to a month. Yet their interviews didn't get the same traction than the one Emma's did. Saoirse and Timothee did a a joint cover spread and so did Florence but they still didn't get the same traction. Emma didn't say anything about untill the NY premiere when people were still talking about it an entire month later. And we might disagree here but Emma deals with the punches alot better than Saoirse,Florence and maybe Eliza. Even when twitter was having fun dragging Emma they were unknowingly promoted LW for her. And would still ask for her at interviews and events. Like I said I like the entire cast. But I'm not going to ignore that giving Emma second billing wasn't a strategic move by Sony to make more people see LW. Like the anon above said Emma is credited as one of top ten reasons as to why LW did so well in entertainment magazines for a reason. I genuinely look foward to any project anybody in this cast puts out next. Have a nice day and wash your hands.

Anonymous said...

Sony isn't stupid giving Emma second billing was a strategic move to make more people see LW. I like the entire cast but out of the March sisters Emma has the most appeal in a world wide market.

Anonymous said...

The above is true, for sure. But excellence in film isn't just about star power or publicity, it's also about being recognised for the excellence of your craft. Which, far and away, Saorise and Florence outshine Emma. And it's frustrating because she has great acting moments, but is not pursuing the craft in such a way to become a truly great actress. Which is fine, it's her choice. But then why keep referring to yourself as an artist or actress, if it clearly is not something you're passionate about.

Anonymous said...

I mostly agree with both anons at 2:41 PM and at 6:25 PM, but although this Vogue self partnered interview gathered a lot of attention, it was barely about promoting a movie, more about promoting herself and her So I know that any attention is better than none of attention, but I don't thing her Vogue interview was scheduled by Sony to promote the movie. Her only promotion was instagram pictures and hiding books around London.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, the vogue iterviews weren't promo for LW but for her (good for her but it's not the same).

She's more of a celebrity/"influencer" now than an actress/activist, she even did a paid sponsorship on instagram earlier this year. Her promo was on instagram (and the premiere). It's sad that she was paid more for less work than Saoirse and Florence but they are in their early 20's they have time to become big names.

Anonymous said...

"...she even did a paid sponsorship on instagram earlier this year."

And IMO a rather bizarre and hypocritical ad at that.

Promoting a 'fashion footprint calculator' from a company that claims to be 'The Largest Online Consignment & Thrift Store' that ships from California all over the USA & Canada and boasts of having 15,000 new arrivals every day.

So they have tool that supposedly calculates your closet's carbon footprint while at the same time creating a significant footprint of their own.

Here's an idea, shop locally and not from this supposedly environmentally friendly company, which is anything but.

Anonymous said...

Creating new clothes would be a far bigger carbon footprint, and very very few clothes are produced locally, the fast majority come from the Far East, so they more already made clothes are re-circulated the better. Just saying.

Anonymous said...

So you have no local thrift/second hand shops locally?

Anonymous said...

Couldn't agree more with the Anon who dropped a comment at 1:58 PM today.
She became a celebrity/influencer, she isn't an actress anymore (she used to be in the past, even considering her as a child actor), but she definitely isn't an artist and she never was.
Her stubbornness and confidence she has describing herself this way is almost ridiculous.
But maybe it's sign of our times that even mediocre actors or celebrities consider themselves as artist. It's gobsmacking.

Eden said...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Emma ever called her acting an art. I always imagined she was talking about her love for painting when she talking about being an artist. Also, I don't understand the point of going after her for calling herself that. Who does it hurt? What effect does it have on anything whatsoever? None. If she sees herself as an artist, good for her, she knows herself better than we ever will know her. People should be praised for their confidence, not analyzed in order to prove their confidence has no reason to be.

Gacek870 said...

She is an actress, because this is the way she is earning her money and acting is a type of art, so she can call herself an artist. Not all artists have to be the best in their profession. It's my opinion.

Anonymous said...

In an ideal world I’d love to shop in a local thrift shop but are they incredibly poor stocked, therefore an online exchange is the next most environmentally friendly alternative. Not everyone has a good one or flee market near them.

Anonymous said...

Artist are sound actresses/actors and not the mediocre ones, not to mention: with very poor acting quality ones.
Al Pacino is an actor and an artist, Adam Sandler is performing some acting stuff, but he's definitely not an artist (even considering his quite good role under Anderson).
Does it make any harm???
Using not proper terms?
If you describe a cleaning lady a scientific does effect it the whole language at all?
Terms have been invented to describe something/someone.
Otherwise we end up in a nomenclature chaos.
I feel ashamed right now being forced to speak about such truisms...

Eden said...

Again, you talk as if she was calling her acting an art, which I don't think she ever did. To me, she's talking about her painting. And yes, there could be harm with a cleaning lady calling herself a scientific, but we're talking about acting/painting here. It's just entertainment.

Anonymous said...

In your opinion... Jesus, she’s gotten pretty solid reviews for nigh on two decades. She’s a working actor, non of them deserve a Nobel prize, it’s the entertainment industry. I know people that think Pacino can’t act for sh*t, Meryl Streep who is the most decorated actor is history still has a huge swath of people who say she can’t act. Who the f*ck is concerned about who calls themselves an artist, and who actually decides it, it’s personal whether you rate someone or not, I mean really... her job is an actor, she also does promotions like most actors, they are a brand in themselves, that’s how movie stars get work just as much as acting ability, in fact it’s probably more important, there are litterally better actors down the theatre than 95% of Hollywood but the Hollywood stars sell. Emma sells and she does a good job at it and also is solid critically.

Anonymous said...

Al Pacino? Who plays pretty much the exact same character over and over and over again. That Pacino? I’d rather watch Sandler in uncut gems. Art is personal.

Anonymous said...

Are y'all really this bored that you're now criticising something she hasn't even said once. Constructive criticism is fine, but she hasn't even said or done anything.I know y'all love to nitpick literally everything but c'mon, seriously. Is there anything Emma can do right? And before y'all start saying that I'm a fan that thinks she's a perfect angel. I don't even follow her that much and it's my first time on this blog. My"proof" of y'all nitpicking everything is the comment section of almost every post. She's never called herself an artist so why are y'all going back and forth on it. And I honestly do get what's some of y'alls problem with Emma using her platform yo do anthing other than act. Whether it's any kind of activism/feminism or trying to encourage people not to buy gast fashion which is bad for the environment. Y'all are surprised to see her supporting a website that is like an online thriftstore,as if she didn't work with People Tree.And constantly talked about repurposed jewlery or wore dresses from scrap material. She's not forcing anybody to do anything or using your social media. So honestly what's the problem? Oh and she didn't make alot more for LW than Ronan,Pugh or Scanlen. The studios arrange that with their respective agencies. And they go off of networth, prior work and salaries and how often their character is in screen. Actors don't decide how much they get paid their agencies and managers do depending on their ability to work out a deal.

Anonymous said...

Art is personal, but it's has limits. You cannot compare Sandler to Pacino. Did you ever watched Scent of a Woman. Come on

Anonymous said...

Pacino plays pretty much the exact same character over and over and over again? Yeah and Sandler has variety of different roles. LOL.

Eden said...

"She's never called herself an artist"

She called herself an artist several times in interviews.

Anonymous said...

No art doesn’t have limits, that’s the bloody point of art. Yes, Pacino plays the exact same character over and over again, I don’t consider him a good actor. I never said Sandler played different characters, I just said out of the two I’d much rather watch him. And yes, anyone can compare Sandler to Pacino, you can compare any two actors. Pacino is no more an artist than Sandler, they do the exact same thing. You simply like one more than the other, that’s personal taste. There are no artists and actors, they are either all actors or all artists, they stand in front of a camera and deliver lines, good or bad. All people who put paint on paper are both painters and artists, you have what some consider great ones and some consider bad ones but they’re all both painters and artists. I hate Jackson Pollack, some people think he’s god, I prefer Turner, some say he can’t paint. Diving it up is pretentious into actors and artists is pretentious. They do drama which is an ART.

Anonymous said...

Feel free to break it up into Award winning actors (which a lot of the time makes little difference, some of the best actors haven’t won major awards) and other actors. But actors and artists is a first. Does one do back flips or something the other doesn’t? Or do they all read lines from a script?

Anonymous said...

'She called herself an artist several times in interviews''

She called herself that, for example in Vogue interview, so quite recently.

Anonymous said...

Im confused do y'all consider actors/actresses aritists or not? Because if y'all do,then most of the back and forth in comments above was pointless.

Anonymous said...

Triste sección de comentarios, creo que si algunos piensan así de Emma deberían dejar de seguirla si tanto les molesta todo lo que hace asi como resaltan y alaban a otras actrices deberían de ir a una cuenta de fan que hable sobre ellas y así pueden hablar de lo muchos que les gusta y hasta mal de Emma si quieren tendrán personas que les apoyen en su odio a mi al menos no me interesan los actores que ustedes mencionan creo que los que estamos aquí en esta cuenta es por Emma, la he seguido por tanto tiempo y es cierto que desde es una adolescentes ha recibido mucho odio pero de un tiempo aca me ha sorprendido que los supuestos fanáticos también la odien supongo que nadie es profeta en su tierra solo espero que Emma encuentre la felicidad tanta carga negativa hace daño, así que la persona de los comentarios tóxicos siento más pena por usted porque debe ser tan infeliz que siempre viene a esta página a derramar su frustración.

Anonymous said...

Sorry but I am going to ask something completely irrelevant to the whole conversation above. Has anyone found deleted scenes from Little Women? The DVD with the Extra and everything has been out for a long now but I haven't found anything yet

Anonymous said...

The testes ain't equal.
There is a huge difference between those who admire Truffaut and those who love to watch the Emmerich stuff.
If you try to tell me everything is legitimate and it's all about testes, you're wrong. Truffaut was a sound filmmaker, a great artist, Emmerich could be more or less agile filmmaker. Nothing more.
Full stop.

Anonymous said...

Not every actor/actress are artists (Jean-Claude Van Damme is a actor but I'd not qualify him as an artist, even if technically he's doing art by acting).

Emma is/was an actress but not really an artist, it's very subjective of course but imo LW is the first really artistic movie she's done (Greta is an artist imo).

But still I stand by what I said earlier, she's more of a celebrity/"influencer" than an actress/activist nowadays. I'm really interested about what her career will be like the next 10 years.

Anonymous said...

Like most things in entertainment its all subjective. Trying to proclaim one thing better than other is kind of non-nonsensical as someone's art or trade hits people differently whether it be in film, music, art, and so on.

Anonymous said...

"Triste sección de comentarios,..."

Wouldn't it be boring if every comment was about how wonderful Emma was?

Eden allows differing viewpoints & debate and although I'm sure she gets annoyed/exasperated at times I like the way she runs this blog.

Speaking for myself I think Emma is an ok actress (and although IMO Colonia & Regression didn't work out I applaud her for taking risks).

I had high hopes for her activism and I'm sure she's committed to trying to make the World a better place, I just feel an opportunity has been missed for her to use her profile to grasp a certain issue (eg girls education)and push it strongly.

I view her as highly intelligent, although perhaps almost a little unworldly and certainly in my view she is still unsure of her path in life and yet to find something completely fulfilling.

So the purpose of this tract?
I guess to illustrate in part why I might criticise her on occasions (and maybe I'm just projecting my 'hopes for her') but also to indicate that irrespective of any criticism I'm still interested in how her journey continues.

Tl;dr Just some bs.

Anonymous said...

Hay una cuenta fan de Emma en instagram que tiene el DVD con las escenas extras y detrás de cámaras de Little Women y otras DVD de HP y TPOBW,tiene contenido exclusivo esta subiendo vídeos solo de las partes de Emma https://www.instagram.com/emmawatson.vids/

Anonymous said...

You’re wrong? In your opinion I’m wrong, it’s only YOUR opinion. I’m sorry but acting like you’re a arbiter if taste and are an authority to divide a profession of people who do the exact same thing into actors and artists is based on your personal taste is both pretentious, snobbish, irrelevant and non-sensical. They are all artists. Truffaut in the end realized the value in entertaining people and that it was what people predominantly sought from film (he actually made a film about it). I work in an intellectual profession, when I go to the cinema I want entertainment, that is not lower than Pacino, he wears makeup and pretends to be either a cop or gangster for a living. He’s no more or less art than someone farting onscreen.

Anonymous said...

It’s your taste (looks up what testes are). Full stop. There is no such thing as illegitimate art. Drama is an art and therefore anyone who practices it is therefore an artist, regardless of how good they are, that’s how language works...

Anonymous said...

Because of the Corona virus literally evey actor/actress is more of an influencer right now

Anonymous said...

Yeah but Emma became more of an influencer at least 2 years ago.

Anonymous said...

"Yeah but Emma became more of an influencer at least 2 years ago."

Watson's been an influencer of that margin since at least 2007 bud lol

Anonymous said...

This is my first time on the blog in a couple months. And I genuinely don't mean to offend anyone with this next statement but. I agree with anon that said y'all are grasping at straws trying to find something to nitpick. Don't get me wrong I'm all for fair criticism but Emma literally hasn't done anything this year worthy of criticism . Most people haven't,because of Covid-19. I'm well aware that she's not some kind angel or perfect by any means. But there's so much back and forth over nothing. Somebody in another post said she's damned if she does something and damned if she doesn't. At the time I thought that was bit much. But now I see what they were reffering to. Before y'all come at me. Some of y'all literally went back and forth on whether a word (acting) is art.When the word art is subjective and acting also known as an preforming art.

Anonymous said...

I mean she became more an influencer than an actress buddy.