« Harry Potter » star Emma Watson calls film promotion « soul-destroying » and admits she does not miss selling movies despite missing the actual craft of acting.
Emma Watson is getting real about the acting world.
In a recent interview with People magazine, the 35-year-old « Harry Potter » star reflected on her acting career and the parts of the job she has missed since taking a step back from on-screen work.
While looking back on her career as a child star, Watson admits, « In some ways I really won the lottery [with acting] », and that what she experienced was « so unusual », but noted that there were parts of the job she is happy to leave behind.
« But a bigger component than the actual job itself is the promotion and selling of that piece of work, this piece of art », she explained. « The balance of that can get quite thrown off. I think I’ll be honest and straightforward, and say: I do not miss selling things. I found that to be quite soul-destroying. »
Watson shot to stardom when she starred as Hermione Granger in the first « Harry Potter » movie, at the age of 11.
