Emma Watson has revealed she is “glad” to have quit acting.
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The British actress, who most recently starred in 2019's Doctor March's Daughters, spoke about her decision to take a break from her acting career to pursue other dreams.
“Being in a profession that evolves very quickly, the decision to make time for these things seemed like a very important decision,” she told Vogue in a new interview. Deciding to write, study and get behind the camera again was terrifying for me because I had never done it before. I was always in front of the camera, I was always an actress. »
Since stepping away from the sets, the Harry Potter star has directed a Prada commercial, enrolled in a creative writing program and written her first play. “I'm so glad I did it (a step away from acting) because I feel like I have my own voice, creative space and sovereignty in a way that I feel like I didn't have more autonomy before “, explained the 33-year-old star. I'm so glad I allowed things to be complicated for a minute and really allowed myself to not know (what the next step would be) because if I knew where I ended up, I would cannot be exchanged for anything in the world. »
Emma Watson rose to fame when she was cast as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films at the age of nine. From 2001 to 2011 she played the main role in the cult saga. She then landed leading roles in films such as “The Perks of Wallflower” (2012) and “Beauty and the Beast” (2017).