Report

Interview of Emma
Watson

Name - Naman A U

Class - 12

School - Podar International School,Magadi Road

Topic - Emma Watson Talks Turning 30, Working With Meryl Streep,
And Being Happily Single | British Vogue
This was an activity conducted in class in which a video was shown which was an interview of Emma
Watson when she was turning 30. Below is a report on that interview. In this interview, Emma Watson
talks candidly as she gives answers about her life and carrier.

Emma Watson and Paris sitting on a sofa. Paris tells that they have met on a sort of activist circuit. Then
Paris makes a joke by asking why don’t you follow me on Instagram? For this Emma answers Oh yes I
was just seeing your page yesterday while giving a slight laugh.

Then Paris asks How does it feel when people say criticize you by telling you that you are a white
feminist. For that Emma answers, social media is a very interesting space. And how to take care of
myself, healthcare, and reading comments That is all. Intended to be nothing other than cruel and unkind
is not good for my psyche daily. And is very bad and she says that she saw on that space feminism
coming up again and again. And is something that she has to meaningfully engage with. Then she says
that all the white feminism stuff started when she went to university in the states and says she when you
study history you are given source a source b and source c and asked to compare the sources and compare
the validity of the sources, etc. And she says when she sat in another country and hear the history that she
had learned told differently and she tells that she had a breakdown after listing this.

And then they start talking about slavery And Paris says that it is something that no one talks about. Then
Emma tells that yes yes it is something their country was built upon but also no one talks about it and it’s
not okay then she says that after this even though she was Ewell read had a university degree and a label
of a university .but it all felt meaningless and that it needs critical analysis.

She draws a comparison between being famous and being trans, in that both can leave you afraid to walk
out the front door. "I feel anxious walking down the street, I feel anxious getting on a train," she adds,
seriously. "It's different, and oftentimes it's not my safety that's at risk. But I have insane amounts
of empathy for what it must be like." She also points out – correctly, I believe – that most people
who talk about trans issues have never even spoken to a trans person. "I understand fearing what you don't
know but go and learn. Making people feel not included is… is just such a painful, awful thing to do," she
says, her voice breaking, "and it has such big effects."

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Then Paris who is a transwoman asks Emma that would she be unhappy to share a washroom with her
who is a trans. For this Emma answers Absolutely not I would feel nothing at all and it would be
completely normal for you to use it .then Paris asks what would you say to those who have an objection?
Emma says after thinking oh gosh that’s another human being how can you………. (After taking a pause
she says ). That she understands fearing what they don’t know .but they should try to learn go and ask
them about it and then see their humanity.
As the British press continues to demonize trans people and claim there is a conflict between trans rights
and traditional feminism, He asks her what she'd say too, for instance, people who think allowing trans
women to use public toilets puts "real" women in danger. "That makes me really mad," she says. "Having
spoken with, or having friends who are trans, there's so many more important issues that are not being
discussed. We're dealing with life-and-death stuff."

Then they both talk about Emma’s acting career from her starting as a child actor at the age of 9 and all
about her career.

Then they talk about being married and living a normal life of having a husband, having a kid, and all.
Emma says that she thinks that getting married is like a prison sentence and all and she would be happy to
be single.

What's the thing she's most proud of? Activism is a big part of it, of course. But for all the extremities of
her life, she takes great comfort in the basics. "I'll let other people be the judge, but I feel sane, and feel
normal and myself. I think I'm the proudest of that. Because sometimes I look at it all, and I go, 'I was
lucky to come out the other side of that.'"

Before they part ways, He asks her if there is another Emma Watson, in an alternate universe, who didn't
get picked out in the school gym for an audition 20 years ago. "Like that film Sliding Doors? I mean, I'm
29 now. I got cast in Harry Potter when I was nine years old… I don't even have that many memories
from before." Would she have found fame anyway, I wonder? "I always loved poetry. I always loved
performing in that way," she replies, a self-possessed woman now. "I think I would have done it another
way."