""I just used to completely sacrifice myself for whatever the thing was I was trying to achieve," Watson said on an Episode of "On Purpose" by Jay Shetty yesterday. "Making films, the hours on them are so demanding, that to have your own life alongside that, to have that balance is almost impossible," the star with an estimated $85 million net worth added."
""You go through these working six days a week, 14 to 16 hour days-and then you're just dropped off at the end of it, and maybe you'll have a two or three month gap, and then there's just nothing." The podcast is one of the first long-form interviews Watson has done in about 5 years, where she expressed the personal toll of being one of Hollywood's biggest stars."
Emma Watson has been on hiatus from movie acting since 2019, after her role in Greta Gerwig's Little Women at about 29. Film production often required six-day weeks with 14-to-16-hour days, making personal life balance nearly impossible. The intense schedules produced abrupt work gaps and prolonged inactivity and led to sensory overload from fame that complicated ordinary activities and conversations. Watson redirected her career toward learning and activism, completing an MA in creative writing at Oxford in 2023 and reportedly beginning a PhD program. Her experience mirrors broader generational concerns about burnout and work-life balance.
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