Quotes from 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.

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.

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

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

The saddest thing for a girl to do, is dumb herself down for a guy.

Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple.

Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.

I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

I don't want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.

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.

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are we can all be freer. And this is what HeforShe is about. It's about freedom.

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.