What I Believe In
Emma Watson is on the cover of the February issue of Marie Claire UK. Highlights from Emma’s interview can be found below.
On Hurricane Sandy hitting New York City during the filming of Noah: “At the time I was thinking, ‘This has a weird, dark irony. I don’t think anyone was expecting it to be as impactful as it was. I was really lucky, I was in an area that wasn’t badly affected. But it’s amazing. We think we have so much control over our lives, and then something like that happens and people realise that there are things that are bigger than us, that are greater than us, that we don’t have control over. It was quite scary.”
On her New Year’s resolution: “I always have the same New Year’s resolution: to speak French fluently. I get a huge wave of nostalgia when I come into the Gare du Nord. There’s such an emphasis on culture, art and music… And I’ll do anything for a warm baguette.”
On her character Nicki in The Bling Ring: “I was quite cynical about the girl I’m playing. I think there’s a lot of brainwashing that makes these women believe that if they have a part of that [glitzy] lifestyle, they will be happy. And then there’s the emptiness – when my character does have material possessions, she realises they’re not really the key to happiness. But our culture’s become so focused on those things – on aesthetics and things that are instant. I don’t think they have much to do with genuine contentment.”
You can check out more from Emma’s interview when it is released. We will also update when more photos from the shoot are released.