Emma Watson News: Actress Reveals Why, At 25, She's 'Prioritizing Just Feeling Awesome' [VIDEO]
The Harry Potter actress, Emma Watson is the new cover girl of Porter’s magazine winter issue, where she reveals that she only recently begun to feel an authentic sense of self, People reports.
"[I've] spent more than half of my life pretending to be someone else," Watson says in the winter issue of Porter magazine. "While my contemporaries were dying their hair and figuring out who they were, I was figuring out who Hermione was and how best to portray her."
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While we were living up to her on screen character in the famous Harry Potter series as Hermione Granger, the 25-year-old actress now, finally found a comfortable feeling in her own skin, not just with her acting career, but also with fashion.
"When I was younger I remember being told 'no pain no gain,' but recently my willingness to wear something that makes me freezing cold or that I can't walk in has changed," she told Porter Mag. "I want to feel fabulous and comfortable and sexy and strong and beautiful. And if it's making you uncomfortable, don't do it. It's so sad if you need to go home just because you need to sit down! Moving forward, I'm prioritizing just feeling awesome."
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On another note, Porter magazine featured “A Celebration of Incredible Women” which Watson is a cover of the issue, has a great goal in motivating men and boys to end gender inequality as she spoke to her launching HeForShe campaign, articulately addresses about the lingering misconceptions surrounding feminism.
"My recent research has shown me that 'feminism' has become an unpopular word. Women are choosing not to identify as feminists ... Why has the word become such an unpopular one?" the United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador asked.
Watson continued, "I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men."
