Emma Watson Reveals the 1 Person She Wanted Approval From Before Playing Belle
 

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Emma Watson is one of the most private actresses in Hollywood, but in light of her exciting new role in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, she sat down with Vanity Fair for an illuminating chat. From touching on the hardships of having a boyfriend in the public eye to the one person she needed approval from before agreeing to play a Disney princess, read on to see everything Emma revealed to the magazine.

• On why she has a strict "** photos" policy with fans: "For me, it's the difference between being able to have a life and **t. If someone takes a photograph of me and posts it, within two seconds they've created a marker of exactly where I am within 10 meters. They can see what I'm wearing and who I'm with. I just can't give that tracking data. I'll say, 'I will sit here and answer every single Harry Potter fandom question you have but I just can't do a picture.' I have to carefully pick and choose my moment to interact. When am I a celebrity sighting versus when am I going to make someone's freakin' week? Children I don't say ** to, for example."
• On balancing her love life with fame: "I want to be consistent: I can't talk about my boyfriend in an interview and then expect people **t to take paparazzi pictures of me walking around outside my home. You can't have it both ways . . . I've **ticed, in Hollywood, who you're dating gets tied up into your film promotion and becomes part of the performance and the circus. I would hate anyone that I were with to feel like they were in any way part of a show or an act."
• On why she doesn't want advice from famous child stars: "People will say to me, 'Have you spoken to Jodie Foster or Natalie Portman? They would have great advice for you on how to grow up in the limelight.' I'm **t saying it was in any way easy on them, but with social media it's a whole new world. They've both said tech**logy has changed the game."
• On why she sought out Gloria Steinem's approval before agreeing to play Belle: "I couldn't care less if I won an Oscar or **t if the movie didn't say something that I felt was important for people to hear."
• On transforming Belle into a feminist: "I was like, 'The first shot of the movie can**t be Belle walking out of this quiet little town carrying a basket with a white napkin in it. We need to rev things up!'â??The original sketches had her in her ballet shoes, which are lovely - don't get me wrong - but she's **t going to be able to do anything terribly useful in ballet shoes in the middle of a French provincial village."

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