From the breakthrough role of a lifetime as Hermione Granger, “the brightest witch of her age,” in the Harry Potter film franchise to her current turn as bookish Belle in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Emma Watson has built herself a career playing clever women.
The real-life Brown University graduate has a sharp mind and strong voice of her own, which she employs in interviews, on social media, and at various United Nations events in her capacity as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Though she’s no slacker when it comes to winning celebrity style points, she’s more than a fashion icon: to plenty of fans, she’s a role model with a good head on her shoulders, and the heart to match. To celebrate her birthday (she was born on April 15, 1990), here are some of her most powerful quotes.1. ON EMBRACING STRENGTH
“I feel like young girls are told they have to be a princess, and be delicate and fragile, and that’s bulls**t. I identify much more with the idea of being a warrior, being a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess, definitely. I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes. I think you’ve got to embrace it.”
— From a July 2011 press conference
2. ON SELF-DETERMINATION
“I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.”
— From a 2009 interview with Elle
3. ON DREAMING BIG
“I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I want to just do everything.”
— From a November 2010 Q&A with Time
4. ON SCREWING UP ONCE IN A WHILE
“I don’t want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.”
— From a June 2011 feature in Vogue
5. ON SCREWING UP, PART TWO
“You only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.”
— From a September 2012 interview with The Telegraph
6. ON PATIENTLY WORKING TOWARD CHANGE
7. ON WHAT TO DO WITH A B.A. IN…
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