15 Quotes & Sayings By Emma Stone

Emma Stone is the star of "La La Land," in which she plays an aspiring actress who goes through a series of romantic misadventures. She's in talks to play the next "Spider-Man" villain, possibly in the reboot of the franchise. She's also in talks to join Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in "Bridget Jones's Baby."

I always thought it's way more important to be funny...
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I always thought it's way more important to be funny or to be honest than to look any certain way Emma Stone
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Comedy was my sport. It taught me how to roll with the punches. Failure is the exact same as success when it comes to comedy because it just keeps coming. It never stops. Emma Stone
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At first, when you go to premieres and award shows, you're thinking, 'How the hell am I here? All these people I've never met are here, and it's so cool! ' And then, as time goes on, it's a little bit like, 'Ah... it's more like work.' Emma Stone
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You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail. Emma Stone
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I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud. Emma Stone
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I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun. Emma Stone
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I'm shockingly terrible at action movies. Emma Stone
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I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great! Emma Stone
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My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings. Emma Stone
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My stylist has really great taste - Petra Flannery has really great taste. I mean, I am opinionated, and as time goes on, as I've gotten to see more dresses or more clothes, it's easier to say, 'I like that' or 'I don't like that, ' but it's nothing I would ever, you know, design. Emma Stone
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My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud, ballsy, hammy ridiculousness came from. I'm just glad I followed my goals and my parents did too. It's not like we even had a plan when I dragged my mom to Los Angeles. Emma Stone
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Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it's kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there's nothing funny or lighthearted. Emma Stone
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I had massive anxiety as a child. I was in therapy. From 8 to 10, I was borderline agora-phobic. I could not leave my mom's side. I don't really have panic attacks anymore, but I had really bad anxiety. Emma Stone
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I had a trainer during 'Spiderman, ' and I discovered I have deep-seated rage when I'm holding heavy weights over my head. Whatever dormant anger I have in me, that's where it comes out. That's not the kind of working out I want to do. Emma Stone