"maybe the happiest and healthiest"
"I think what's interesting about being an actor is, there's a tendency to sort of fracture yourself into multiple personalities,"
"I'm not just talking about the roles you play, but having the weight of a public persona, that sort of needs constant feeding and sprucing and glamorising. It's very energy-intensive stuff."
"But I do very much miss using my skill-set, and I very much miss the art. I just found I got to do so little of the bit that I actually enjoyed."
Emma Watson, now 35, has taken a seven-year break from acting and is maybe the happiest and healthiest she has ever been. She misses acting profoundly but does not miss the promotional demands or the pressure of maintaining a public persona. Promotion work became a larger component than performing and felt soul-destroying. Watson misses using her skill set and the creative art, but experienced too little of the enjoyable parts of the job. Her film credits include the Harry Potter series, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Bling Ring, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Women (filmed late 2018).
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