110+ Emma Watson Quotes On Education, Clos And Feminism

Emma Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. She rose to fame playing the character of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. She has since starred in several films, including The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Women. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Emma Watson on education, clos, feminism.

Top 10 Emma Watson Quotes

1. IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.
2. There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.
3. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals.
4. For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.'
5. Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time!
6. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.
7. I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on.
8. My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.
9. I have collections of quirky things from places I've been to, like a set of Russian dolls.
10. If I could wear any label forever it would be Burberry. It covers a huge span of stuff. You can't go wrong with a classic trench and a pair of jeans.

Emma Watson Short Quotes

• All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.
• If not me- who?, If not now- when?
• Believe in yourself and go for it
• I want to be normal. I really want anonymity.
• I feel like a voodoo doll. It's grim. It's gross.
• The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.
• I do things in my own way, but I've never felt any need to rebel.
• I like Valentino a lot - they never use actresses in their campaigns.
• There's nothing interesting about looking perfect.
• I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

Emma Watson Quotes About Feminism

I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP. — Emma Watson

Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn't want to do was get myself into a corset, because I was worried I'd never get out again. — Emma Watson

You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's a good question and trust me I have been asking myself the same thing. I don't know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better. — Emma Watson

We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. — Emma Watson

I've never wanted to grow up too fast. I wanted to wear a sports bra until I was 22! ... The allure of being sexy never really held any excitement for me. I've never been in a terrible rush to be seen as a woman. — Emma Watson

It's difficult on my dating life, because anyone I get photographed with is automatically my boyfriend. So it just makes it look as if I've had, like, 6,000 boyfriends! — Emma Watson

I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word. Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, anti-men and, unattractive. — Emma Watson

Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life. — Emma Watson

He is a good kisser. I can definitely vouch for that. — Emma Watson

Yeah, it was horrible! I mean really horrible. I felt incredibly awkward. It was not something I was [looking forward to]. I don't know, but it looked good. We somehow managed to make it look realistic. I was proud of myself that I managed to power through and be professional. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Gender Equality

If you believe in equality, you're a feminist. Sorry to tell you. — Emma Watson

IN MY NERVOUSNESS FOR THIS SPEECH AND MY MOMENTS OF DOUBT, I'VE TOLD MYSELF FIRMLY, 'IF NOT ME, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?' — Emma Watson

WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT 18, MY MALES FRIENDS WERE UNABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, I DECIDED THAT I WAS A FEMINIST. — Emma Watson

How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation? — Emma Watson

WE ARE STRUGGLING FOR A UNITING WORD BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A UNITING MOVEMENT. — Emma Watson

I didn't realize that I wasn't moving in a gender-equal world - I had a sense of it, but I didn't start to really see evidence of it, I think, until I hit puberty. Media even before that age is already creating all these biases. — Emma Watson

WE NEED MORE OF THOSE AND IF YOU STILL HATE THE WORD, IT IS NOT THE WORD THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S THE IDEA AND THE AMBITION BEHIND IT. — Emma Watson

We want to try to galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change. — Emma Watson

BUT MY RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME AN UNPOPULAR WORD. WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT TO IDENTIFY AS FEMINISTS. — Emma Watson

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Life

I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I've been fighting so hard to have an education. It's been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros' pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult. — Emma Watson

Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love. — Emma Watson

There's nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are. — Emma Watson

I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try to lead a normal life. — Emma Watson

The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life. — Emma Watson

Ive never understood having crushes on people who you dont know in real life. I only crush on people I meet. I mean, I can appreciate that someone is good-looking, obviously, but I dont intend to fantasize about people I dont know! — Emma Watson

I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career. — Emma Watson

It's funny when I look at my life; my primary school was two-thirds male to one-third female. So I started my life that way. I have two brothers. And when I did Harry Potter, the ratio was more often than not, at the very least, one-third female, two-thirds male. — Emma Watson

I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I'm desperately trying to find my way through it. — Emma Watson

All the baggage that comes with fame, being an actress. The down side to it is the intrusion into your life and this expectation that because they've seen you onscreen, they kind of have a right to you as a human being and personally and in your life. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Beauty

Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like. I promise. — Emma Watson

I keep telling myself that I'm a human being, an imperfect human being who's not made to look like a doll, and that who I am as a person is more important than whether at that moment I have a nice figure. — Emma Watson

I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within. — Emma Watson

I love people like Renée Zellweger who aren't afraid to look unattractive and really put themselves into a character role and to really be an actress instead of just thinking "Am I on-screen pouting and looking beautiful?" because that's not really what it's about. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Reading

I am literally obsessed with Lena Dunham. She's, like, my favorite person in the world. I follow her on Twitter; I read her every day. — Emma Watson

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy. — Emma Watson

I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own. — Emma Watson

It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing. — Emma Watson

It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Harry Potter,' then my greatest relaxation is to sit with a book. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Harry Potter

Harry Potter's like Santa Clause: something you can't see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it. — Emma Watson

this kiss between hermione and ron is highly anticipated, it's been building up for eight films now. and harry potter is not twilight, you know; we're not selling sex. — Emma Watson

I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but I'll still be very proud that I was part of the 'Harry Potter' films. — Emma Watson

With 'Harry Potter,' I've been all over the world. I probably wouldn't have gone to New York so young if it weren't for the films. — Emma Watson

I definitly wouldn't want Harry Potter to be the last thing I do. — Emma Watson

Harry Potter is not twilight, you know; we're not selling sex. — Emma Watson

I can be 100 years old but I will always be proud to say I was in Harry Potter. — Emma Watson

If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write. — Emma Watson

I was working on 'Harry Potter' while I was growing up, and the attention it brought me made me feel quite isolated. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Love

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic. — Emma Watson

I think that it is very important if you know what you want, understand where you are heading towards, and try your best to get it. It is only when we use our hearts to do it, and fall in love with what we are doing, then can we really get real determination. — Emma Watson

As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive. — Emma Watson

When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim - that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be. — Emma Watson

I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time. — Emma Watson

I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world. — Emma Watson

It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are. — Emma Watson

I don't have perfect teeth, I'm not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say she loves it and doesn't want to change anything. — Emma Watson

I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that's, like, organic or free trade. I love him, he's a very good person and an amazing designer, and I have a lot of respect and time for him. — Emma Watson

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love - and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About People

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. — Emma Watson

Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it. — Emma Watson

The most embarrassing one is that I had no idea - and please excuse me - that you guys call a condom a rubber. My version of a rubber is an eraser. I've done that - very loudly asked for a rubber and people have given me strange looks. That was embarrassing! — Emma Watson

I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me. — Emma Watson

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity. — Emma Watson

I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling abnormal is quite difficult. — Emma Watson

I just feel like if I start opening the door to talking about my university experience, then people just kind of... own everything. There was a lot of stuff a couple of years ago saying that I was bullied at Brown and awful things like that, none of which were true. — Emma Watson

Most people are really nice but some stare, like you're some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings. — Emma Watson

People say things to me like, 'It's really cool that you don't go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs.' I appreciate that, but I'm kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature. — Emma Watson

I don't know who this quote is by but the friends that you can call at 3am are the ones that really count and I am lucky that I have a few of those. So, I just drew on that and the people who believe in me as they lift you up. It's really important to have people around you that do that. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Quotes About Found

I've found that if ultimately, if you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen. — Emma Watson

I threw my 20th birthday party at Brown, and I didn't even have to say to anyone not to put pictures on Facebook. Not a single picture went up. That was when I knew I'd found a solid group of friends, and I felt like I belonged. — Emma Watson

Our society in general devalues the 'she' - qualities that are associated with the feminine that are found in all of us. As a result there's this imbalance and this distortion and it's hindering our progress. — Emma Watson

Emma Watson Famous Quotes And Sayings

Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there. — Emma Watson

Hermione is so close to who I am as a person that I've never really had to research a role. I'm literally rediscovering what it means to be an actress. — Emma Watson

But it's a journey and the sad thing is 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. — Emma Watson

It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and in our workplaces. — Emma Watson

I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about. — Emma Watson

My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions. — Emma Watson

I used to look back at pictures and cringe but actually I'm quite proud that I've had fun with fashion and don't always look perfect. The only regret I have is when I look at something I wore when I was very young and it obviously looks like it belonged to someone else. — Emma Watson

I feel like young girls are told, I don’t know, that they have to be this kind of princess and fragile. It’s bullshit. I identify much more with being a warrior, a fighter. If I was going to be a princess I’d be a warrior princess definitely. — Emma Watson

Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior. — Emma Watson

If anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill me. — Emma Watson

I paint and I draw and I write and I do other things too, and recently some people at school were asking if I'd ever publish any of my work. But I almost feel like I would have to publish it under another name because there's a definition of me out there that feels kind of stuck in the moment when it was formed. — Emma Watson

It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off! — Emma Watson

Dan Radcliffe and Rupert Grint to me are like a pair of warm-hearted brothers. — Emma Watson

I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak. — Emma Watson

The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of is wings is clipped an we're never going to be able to fly as high. — Emma Watson

We want to end gender inequality, and to do this, we need everyone involved...We want to try to galvanize as many men and boys as possible to be advocates for change and we don't just want to talk about it. We want to try and make sure that it's tangible. — Emma Watson

We had fun just messing around and being awkward like they would be awkward. There's always that stage in a friendship when you wonder whether it could be more. — Emma Watson

Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn't advisable to go to college in America and room with a complete stranger. And it probably wasn't wise to share a bathroom with eight other people in a coed dorm. Looking back, that was crazy. — Emma Watson

I think it's so much sexier to be understated. It's more intriguing to be sexy in a less obvious way. — Emma Watson

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself. — Emma Watson

I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion and vintage. — Emma Watson

I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes. — Emma Watson

I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever. — Emma Watson

The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work. — Emma Watson

I already had the sense that I was someone who was more spiritual than specifically religious. ... I'm really interested in those things that are more far-reaching than culture, nationality, race, religion. — Emma Watson

I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I don't know how or why, but I had this sense that if I wasn't really careful, that could be me. That my first kiss could be in somebody else's clothes. And my experiences could all belong to someone else. — Emma Watson

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. — Emma Watson

I'm excited about the ageing process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling. — Emma Watson

Women have a natural tendency to want to nurture and take care of men. You always think that the guy is going to end up coming around and that you’re going to be the one that saves him - like the Oasis song. — Emma Watson

L.A. scares the crap out of me. I feel if I have to work out four hours a day, and count the calories of everything I put in my mouth, and have Botox at 22, and obsess about how I look the whole time, I will go mad. I will absolutely lose it. — Emma Watson

Steve Jobs has a great speech where he talks about how the wrong turns in his life truly set him on the path that he needed to be on. Anyway, what do I do? I bake. I'm pretty competitive about my chocolate chip banana bread. I don't think anyone can believe how good it is. It's really on another level. — Emma Watson

We are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change. — Emma Watson

If I was going to be a princess, I would be a warrior princess. — Emma Watson

I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern. — Emma Watson

Oh my God, no, no chance, no chance. That [kissing her co-stars]s not in my contract! — Emma Watson

I think the actresses who are really successful are comfortable in their own skins and still look human. — Emma Watson

I like to think of myself as an actress, I think of going through all of the films as my kind of film academy, the way that I've learnt. — Emma Watson

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to. — Emma Watson

The character is everything that I felt really strongly against - she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She's all of these things, and I realised that I really hated her. How do you play someone that you hate? But I found it really interesting and it gave me a whole new insight into what my job, or my role as an actress, could be. — Emma Watson

I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. — Emma Watson

I love having the door opened for me. Isn't that just polite? But the key is, would you then mind if I opened the door for you? The key is, chivalry should be consensual. Both parties should be feeling good about that. — Emma Watson

Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it. — Emma Watson

Life Lessons by Emma Watson

1. Emma Watson has shown us that it is possible to be successful and make a difference in the world. She has used her fame to advocate for gender equality and to empower young women.
2. Her work has shown us that it is possible to use our voice and platform to make a difference and to create positive change in the world.
3. Emma Watson has demonstrated that it is possible to be successful and still use your voice to stand up for what you believe in.