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<\/a>\u00a0Emma wears yellow jewel embellished dress by PRADA<\/em><\/p>\nMy mother is the first person to say I always wanted a little brother or sister. I was the youngest in my entire family, and I always felt like it was a disservice to humanity that there wasn\u2019t someone after me onto whom I could dispel my pearls of wisdom. So, when Emma Watson \u2013 then a smiley, sweet, super smart teenager \u2013 and I became buddies, I felt like my childhood prayers had been answered. There was only one striking difference: Emma, wise beyond her years, already knew more than I did about just about everything and didn\u2019t need any such advice. Emma is one of those rare breeds of people who have an intuition, a good head on their shoulders, a quick judgment. I can\u2019t be certain that, as her adopted big bro, she\u2019s learned any of that from me, but I will say she\u2019s taught me a thing or two. She is concise, put together, organised, forthright and reliable. (Which are not the sorts of adjectives that apply to most child actors.) Back when I\u2019d visit her on the Harry Potter sets, her dressing areas would be tidy(ish) and her well worn and bookmarked books would be stacked everywhere. She navigated the pressures of filming the world\u2019s most successful cinema franchise with elegance and grace, and she didn\u2019t forget to do the little things, like send funny postcards from vacations and fruit baskets at the holidays.<\/p>\n
After Potter, I watched her grow into a beautiful young woman who is navigating a career that\u2019s entirely her own. It\u2019s been an interesting transition: As she herself says, she felt she was an adult even when she was in the body a little girl waving a magic wand. Now, it\u2019s as though she has caught up with herself. In the film Perks of Being a Wallflower, she charmingly captured the end of an American innocence. In the upcoming Noah, she tackles the role of a biblical daughter-in-law in an epic adventure. Behold: Emma, a thoroughly modern woman.<\/p>\n
DEREK BLASBERG: Where are you right now and what are you doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n EMMA WATSON: Right now I\u2019m on holiday. I\u2019m stood on the balcony of my hotel room and I\u2019m scratching my feet because I\u2019ve been eaten alive by mosquitos. I look like I have a disease. I\u2019m told I have sweet blood.<\/p>\n D: Well, I\u2019m freezing in New York, so you won\u2019t get much mosquito sympathy from me.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Well, I miss New York. I loved living there.<\/p>\n D: You were in New York during Hurricane Sandy. How surreal was that?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: It was surreal for a couple of reasons. It delayed the end of our shooting for a few weeks, so we got the irony of filming an epic biblical movie about a flood, and then a storm comes and floods much of New York. It even damaged the ark, which was what set us back. The other reason that it was surreal was because you and I were on the Upper East Side, which was completely unfazed by the storm. We had high speed Internet and our phones. All the shops were open and, even weirder, people were shopping in them. The Carlyle Hotel was packed with people getting drinks. I remember calling you and asking, \u2018Isn\u2019t there something we can do I feel like such a waste of space?\u2019 And you took me on a meal delivery with Citymeals on Wheels. That was amazing that we could do that. Do you remember Pearl?<\/p>\n D: How could I forget Pearl?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: She was the spritely 90-year-old woman who was listening to Elvis Prestley records when we knocked on her door and delivered her food. Pearl was a babe.<\/p>\n D: Were you ever scared during the storm?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: I remember not taking it very seriously, and then my dad called and said I should fill the bath with water. And I said, \u2018Why would I do that?\u2019 He said to put on the news and then I realized it was going to be a serious thing in some areas. When I showed up at Brown they warned me that it was going to get cold, and I said, \u2018 I\u2019m from England. I know what cold is.\u2019 But I soon learned that, no, I didn\u2019t know what cold is. My first semester at Brown [in Providence, Rhode Island], when it got into the negative temperatures, I just didn\u2019t want to leave my dorm room. I didn\u2019t want to go anywhere. I\u2019d only go out to get supplies. The cold makes me miserable!<\/p>\n D: Speaking of Brown, I\u2019m very proud that you are going to be an official Ivy League graduate soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Yes! I\u2019m going to graduate in May, which I can\u2019t believe. I can\u2019t. I just can\u2019t! Very exciting.<\/p>\n D: So, tell me: What do you plan on doing with that major?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Tough question\u2026 I\u2019ve been very fulfilled by my studies. English has helped me think in an analytical way. It\u2019s helped me see the world from new perspectives. Diving into these stories and characters has given richness to my own life. And now, when I read scripts or look at stories, I have these references for a larger understanding of humanity. I\u2019m sure it will make my job as an actress more interesting.<\/p>\n D: I visited you on the Harry Potter set a few times, and it was like a little family and everyone knew each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: It was. I miss the people too. I miss the familiarity.<\/p>\n D: And to go from that to a new place, a new school, with new friends \u2013 must not have been easy, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: I really wanted a new experience. I loved not knowing anyone. It felt very exciting, and I felt like I was striking out on my own in a very real, very new way. But there\u2019s this thing called the Sophomore Slump, which is a phenomenon that is apparently known and recognized, though I had never heard of it. It caught me by surprise. For the first year at university, everything is new and exciting. You don\u2019t realize that you don\u2019t have your support structure, your home comforts, and all those touchstones that help keep you on track. Then, after the first year, when the adrenaline wears off, you find yourself in a slump. That\u2019s what happened to me by the end of my third term. I felt very unsettled and lost.<\/p>\n D: My mother always told me that in struggles we find strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: She\u2019s right. Now I really know how to take care of myself, how to be alone, how to deal with stress. If I hadn\u2019t been through that time, I wouldn\u2019t have got there. I never knew I had limits. You make good friends and you make bad friends, and you have to figure it all out. You realize you can\u2019t do everything. I really did think I could do it all \u2013 commute back to the UK for Potter filming and press, then go to Brown for finals, and keep up with my friends and family. You can\u2019t do by the way. You do have to take breaks. It\u2019s how I became interested in meditation and yoga. I developed bedtime rituals.<\/p>\n D: Like what?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: You\u2019re going to laugh, but now every night before I go to bed I make a hot water bottle. It\u2019s a ritual that makes me feel like I\u2019m taking care of myself, and that\u2019s important.<\/p>\n D: Learning how to be alone is a good lesson, and one I don\u2019t think a lot of actresses learn.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: I realized that. When you\u2019re on a film set you\u2019re watched and you\u2019re never alone and there are all these demands on your time. Everyone knows where you are at every moment of the day. Then, I went to Brown and suddenly I was all alone. At first I hated it. Now, I\u2019m happy to be by myself. I can be calm and productive and content, alone in my apartment.<\/p>\n D: Now, be honest: Have you ever wanted to go off the rails? Like, get drunk and get a tattoo?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Ha, I love tattoos. But I love them on other people. In fact, I have a Pinterest account and a whole board of tattoos that I like \u2013 but I would never want one for myself. I don\u2019t think I could pull it off. My own self-image would not allow it.<\/p>\n D: But you\u2019re not as puritanical as that, Emma.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: I feel like I\u2019ve been given a lot of credit where it isn\u2019t due that I don\u2019t like to party. The truth is that I\u2019m genuinely a shy, socially awkward, introverted person. At a big party, I\u2019m like Bambie in the headlights. It\u2019s too much stimulation for me, which is why I end up going to the bathroom! I need time outs! You\u2019ve seen me at parties, Derek. I get anxious. I\u2019m terrible at small talk and I have a ridiculously short attention span.<\/p>\n D: That, I have noticed. <\/strong>Is part of that because you\u2019ve become this big public figure?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Probably. I feel a pressure when I\u2019m meeting new people because I\u2019m aware of their expectations. That makes socializing difficult. Which isn\u2019t to say that when I\u2019m in a small group and around my friends, I don\u2019t love to dance and be extroverted. I am just extremely self-conscious in public.<\/p>\n D: On that note, I\u2019d like to formally apologize for being so shocked when you cut off all your hair.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Why? I loved that you were one of the first people to see it. I loved your reaction. You were utterly shocked. It was an appropriate reaction for a big brother.<\/p>\n D: You caught me off guard. It was so unexpected.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: It wasn\u2019t unexpected to me. I had been crafting it in my mind for years. So, when the time came, I went ahead and did it.<\/p>\n D: Have you ever thought of the psychology behind it? Like, did you do it because you were done with Harry Potter and you wanted to craft yourself a new image? Like Jennifer Lawrence and The Hunger Games?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: I think Jennifer Lawrence needed to cut hers off. But I see the parallel you\u2019re trying to make. Maybe Miley Cyrus is a better example?<\/p>\n D: Ha! Exactly.<\/strong><\/p>\n E: My mother always had really short hair, always had a pixie. So for me, it wasn\u2019t as crazy as it was to you. 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, super sexy.<\/p>\n D: So, one day you\u2019ll cut it again?<\/strong><\/p>\n E: Absolutely. I miss it so much. The minute I get pregnant, the first thing I\u2019m going to do is cut my hair off because I know I won\u2019t be working for a time. If I wasn\u2019t an actress, I\u2019d keep it that way. I could wash it in the sink and shake it out like a dog. It\u2019s so low maintenance!!!!<\/p>\n<\/a>Emma wears DIESEL LEATHER TRIBUTE collection available exclusively at SELFRIDGES<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Emma wears dress by EMPORIO ARMANI, diamond necklace by HARRY WINSTON and gold band by RUTH TOMLINSON<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Emma wears cat print coat and embellished dress both by MIU MIU<\/em><\/p>\n