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Emma Watson<\/span> <\/strong>has always captivated audiences, not just with her brilliant performances but also with her courage in speaking out on important issues. Recently, during a podcast interview with Jay Shetty<\/strong>, the actor reflected on her \u201cbone-breakingly painful\u201d experience of making friends in Hollywood.<\/p>\n Emma Watson took a break from acting after appearing in the 2019 movie, Little Women. In a podcast interview with Jay Shetty, she shared her experiences with the challenges of forming long-lasting friendships in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n During their conversation, Shetty asked Watson about her decision to pull away from acting in 2019. He asked if she took a break to \u201cheal\u201d or because she no longer \u201cfelt a compulsion.\u201d The 35-year-old shared that she wanted to reconnect with herself and find a new rhythm in her life.<\/p>\n Watson revealed that earlier, she didn\u2019t have the \u201cspace\u201d to express what she wanted to. And she spoke her voice through performances. Now that she\u2019s become more \u201chealed and comfortable\u201d with herself, she asks herself if she still needs to act. The Beauty and the Beast actor explained that this is also because she no longer feels the \u201curgency to do it.\u201d She said she now has spaces where she can take those feelings without performing on camera.<\/p>\n The English actor further reflected on her experience of making friends in Hollywood. Watson revealed<\/a>, \u201cI was coming to those sets with an expectation that I think I had developed on Harry Potter, which was that the people I worked with were going to be my family and that we were going to be lifelong friends.\u201d She continued, \u201cI came to work looking for friendships and that was a very painful experience for me outside of Harry Potter sets and in Hollywood, like bone-breakingly painful.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor revealed that most people \u201cdon\u2019t come to such environments\u201d for friendships. Instead, for them, this is their chance to do something big, and they are very \u201cfocused.\u201d She highlighted that since she didn\u2019t share the same mindset, she found the rejection of her friendship quite painful.<\/p>\n When asked if this was about friendship rejection, she said yes. \u201cIt\u2019s so unusual to make a set of films for 12 years, and we were a community. We really were. And so I took that as an expectation into my other workplaces, and I just got my a** kicked. I really did,\u201d Watson continued.<\/p>\n The host further asked her if there was any hierarchy or competition, to which Watson replied, \u201cIt was a combination of both.\u201d Watson accepted that she\u2019s not \u201cthick-skinned\u201d and built for these \u201chighly competitive environments.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma Watson\u2019s bittersweet experience highlights the highs and lows of Hollywood, where navigating relationships can be unexpectedly challenging.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Chhavi Puri on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Emma Watson Tears up Recalling \u2018Painful\u2019 Hollywood Experience After \u2018Harry Potter\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emma Watson has always captivated audiences, not just with her brilliant performances but also with her courage in speaking out on important issues. 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