Top 95 Emma Stone Quotes About Life (ACTRESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Emma Stone Quotes (BEST)

“What sets you apart can sometimes feel like a burden, and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great. So, I kind of sound like I love in a van down by the river right now.”
Emma Stone

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are. — It doesn’t matter what you do. It matters who you are.

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. — Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your **life**.

If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion. — If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with **emotion**.

“I remind myself to be kind to myself and, as slightly ridiculous as it may sound, to treat myself in the same gentle way I’d want to treat a daughter of mine. It really helps.”
Emma Stone

Flaws are my favorite part of people, usually.

I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. — I can’t think of any better representation of **beauty** than someone who is unafraid to be herself.

“My great hope for us as young women is to start being kinder to ourselves so that we can be kinder to each other. To stop shaming ourselves and other people for things we don’t know the full story on whether someone is too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, too loud, too quiet, too anything. There’s a sense that we’re all too something, and we’re all not enough.”
Emma Stone

Yes, you should be healthy and take care of yourself, but growing up, I’ve seen people who have horrible issues with food. — Yes, you should be **healthy** and take care of yourself, but growing up, I’ve seen people who have horrible issues with food.

“Good morning! We were eating and saw a group of guys with cameras outside. And so we thought, let’s try this again. We don’t need the attention, but these wonderful organizations do.”
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14 Thought-Provoking Emma Stone Quotes

“My favorite bit of wisdom is that if you knew everyone’s story, you would love them. You can’t really hate anyone if you know everything that happened to them between their birth and now, why they became the way they became, why they have walls up or down. If you truly know someone, you’d get it.”
Emma Stone

What's strange about the way my brain functions is that the only thing that has ever made me feel calm is knowing clearly what I want. — What’s strange about the way my brain functions is that the only thing that has ever made me feel **calm** is knowing clearly what I want.

“I just live my life how I live as a person. I certainly am not, like, a saint or an angel by any means. I’m not anything like that. But I live just how I live. I mean, I have a little paranoia, but that’s about it.”
Emma Stone

I'm not great about my hair. And I have, like, feathers where hair should be! It's really, really fine. My hair is a battle. It's an uphill, fine, baby-haired battle. — I’m not great about my hair. And I have, like, feathers where hair should be! It’s really, really fine. My hair is a battle. It’s an uphill, fine, baby-haired battle.

The things that make you most mad about the world tend to be the things that you hate in yourself.

I think a lot of people compare their insides to other people’s outsides.

“I do find that I’m drawn to people in my life, romantically or not, that have something to teach me. I’m drawn to people who I feel like I can learn from. I’m not really drawn to toxic people—I don’t find myself discovering that someone in my life is toxic very often. But there is some sense of being changed by each person that I think I’m drawn to.”
Emma Stone

What makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever. — What makes life valuable is that it doesn’t last forever.

Not everything comes together in the best way ever every day. It just doesn't. — Not everything comes together in the best way ever every day. It just doesn’t.

“I won’t make a bucket list because I’m so afraid that I’ll die and then people will find my bucket list and be like, ‘Oh, she didn’t get to do that….’. There is stuff that I’d like to do or experience but nothing that would crush me if it didn’t happen.”
Emma Stone

The idea that you can’t be attractive and funny at the same time is something that I hate.

Sometimes you’re not like the person you’d want to hang out with. Would I really want to hang out with me full time No, you’ve gotta find people who balance you out. — Sometimes you’re not like the person you’d want to hang out with. Would I really want to hang out with me full time? No, you’ve gotta find people who balance you out.

“I don’t believe that everyone else really cares what I do all the time. I think in general you have to follow your own path and your own heart and not worry about what everybody else wants you to do. They should be worried about what they’re going to do.”
Emma Stone

“I’m actively working hard on learning to appreciate yourself no matter what. If what someone else says can easily derail you, it means your sense of self isn’t that firmly established in the first place. It’s an inside job. You’re beautiful and worthy and totally unique. People insult each other based on their own insecurities — even though it may feel personal, it really never is.”
Emma Stone

12 Wise Emma Stone Quotes

“My revenge has only ever been in silence. My mom has always told me, ‘Kill them with kindness,’ because being nice is a way to get at people who have done you wrong. With revenge, I’ve never felt like it’s worth the energy. Silence is better. If you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all, right?”
Emma Stone

You won't hear me saying I have no body issues because I wouldn't be human if I didn't. — You won’t hear me saying I have no body issues because I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t.

I always thought it was more important to be funny or honest than to look a certain way. — I always thought it was more important to be funny or **honest** than to look a certain way.

“When I look back, I don’t have regrets. In the moment I am really, really hard on myself, I’m definitely my own worst critic and can be my own worst enemy, and I’m trying very hard not to be that.”
Emma Stone

Success is such a fleeting thing. I've seen how the careers of people I look up to ebb and flow, so I don't get carried away by it. — **Success** is such a fleeting thing. I’ve seen how the **careers** of people I look up to ebb and flow, so I don’t get carried away by it.

In general, I get nervous when I do print interviews because I know that whatever I say is going to be shown through the lens of whomever I'm talking to. — In general, I get nervous when I do print interviews because I know that whatever I say is going to be shown through the lens of whomever I’m talking to.

“I’ve learned that you have to stay true to yourself from all the amazing people I’ve had the opportunity to work with thus far. You have to stay true to yourself and don’t be afraid even though people may say what you’re doing isn’t cool or isn’t right. I promise you, you will not regret it if you stay true to who you are and what you love to do because there is no other reason that I am up here today receiving this award.”
Emma Stone

My absolute favorite kind of people in the world are people that are passionate about something. — My absolute favorite kind of people in the world are people that are **passionate** about something.

That balance of love for your work and love in your life is an interesting thing.

I literally have no idea what's to come. I try to just stay in the moment. — I literally have no idea what’s to come. I try to just stay in the moment.

I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to. — I’m never saying never – I’m saying I’m not about to.

My great goal in life is to try to remember that everything is of equal value.

2 Emma Stone Quotes About Food

You're a human being—you live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damn red velvet cupcake. — You’re a human being—you live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damn red velvet cupcake.

I'm into grilled cheese. Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful! — I’m into grilled cheese. Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful!

5 Emma Stone Quotes For Women

“I think this is a wonderful time for women. I think the tide is turning, and there are so many brave, authentic, strong, and funny and vulnerable and exciting women in every industry right now.”
Emma Stone

I think women should wear whatever makeup they want for themselves. Makeup should be fun.

That old question about whether, as a woman, you can be funny and attractive at the same time. Argh! I hate that question. Of course you can.

“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

“I think ‘Saturday Night Live’, starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner.”
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6 Emma Stone Quotes About Other Celebrities

“The thing is, my ultimate role model is Diane Keaton, and not because she didn’t drink or didn’t smoke, but because she has always been totally honest about herself, warts, neuroses, and all. Sure, I make a whole lot of mistakes and drink too much wine sometimes, but I just want to be myself and live like a regular human being.”
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He's my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you imagine I get really excited when I talk about Charlie Chaplin. — He’s my favorite! He wrote and produced, and starred in and cast all of his movies! Can you **imagine**? I get really excited when I talk about **Charlie Chaplin**.

My life is PG-13 sometimes, and I really want Josh Grogan to propose to me, and he just won't do it. — My life is PG-13 sometimes, and I really want Josh Grogan to propose to me, and he just won’t do it.

“She is so inspiring to me, and I am so grateful that she exists in the world, as someone who is authentic and who has not bent to fit any idea of what a woman should be like in that kind of position.”
Emma Stone

Oh my God, is Mel B. talking to me Oh my God, I'm so excited. I'm legitimately crying. I'm the biggest Spice Girls fan, ever. — Oh my God, is Mel B. talking to me? Oh my God, I’m so excited. I’m legitimately crying. I’m the biggest Spice Girls fan, ever.

“There’s this Ryan Gosling quote that I steal all the time – I watched an interview with him in Cannes – and he said picking roles is like listening to songs on the radio: There can be a lot of really great songs in a row, but then one comes on that just makes you want to dance.”
Emma Stone

12 Emma Stone Quotes on Acting

“I love improv. ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love,’ the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things. And that felt like a muscle I hadn’t exercised in a really long time.”
Emma Stone

Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than laughter. — Drama is hard for me. Crying is much harder for me than **laughter**.

Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of acting. — Comedy’s my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn’t really change the method of acting.

“So anyway, I’ve learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.
Emma Stone

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

I'm shockingly terrible at action movies. — I’m shockingly terrible at action movies.

“The roles that have come into my life have taught me – and in that time period maybe I didn’t even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.”
Emma Stone

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. — 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.

“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

“I just want to do a good job with each role that I take and continue to better myself as an actress because that’s what I love about this job being able to act and work with so many different people on such a wide range of projects.”
Emma Stone

“I’m just learning every day and I hope to continue that until the day I die. I’m just trying to learn and experience as much as I possibly can. I look at acting, at how I look at being involved in a job and living my life and prioritizing.”
Emma Stone

“As an actor, you have to just think about the truth of your character. You have to think about how to play the character in the way that you know it needs to be played in your heart and why you were hired.”
Emma Stone

5 Emma Stone Quotes on School

“I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows.”
Emma Stone

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar. — I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I’m hard-core about grammar.

Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart! — Just because I don’t have a college degree doesn’t mean I am not smart!

“I’m actually the last person to ask about school. I kinda ducked out at 12, before all that stuff might have happened. I left school after sixth grade and was basically home-schooled after that.”
Emma Stone

It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing. — It’s definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There’s no real cushion there. There’s no **preparation** at all. You learn by doing.

3 Emma Stone Quotes About Movies and TV Shows

“I think Game of Thrones is a joke show that isn’t real. I’ve never seen an episode, but whenever I see a commercial for it I’m like, They’re just messing with us. This isn’t a show.”
Emma Stone

The only movie I can watch on a loop, over and over, is 'Help', the Beatles movie. It's so funny and irreverent and great. — The only movie I can watch on a loop, over and over, is ‘Help’, the Beatles movie. It’s so funny and irreverent and great.

My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.

6 Emma Stone Quotes on Parents

“I think my ultimate goal at the end of the day is to make my parents laugh. Maybe that is what this is all about: a roundabout way of trying of trying to entertain my parents, just like I did in the living room when I was a kid.”
Emma Stone

“The last thing in the world my parents would want to do is get on a stage or do a movie. They would probably rather die. But they let me be who I was, and they supported me.”
Emma Stone

“I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.”
Emma Stone

“I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don’t think it could have worked out any better. They’ve always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do.”
Emma Stone

“When I was 14 -years-old, I made this PowerPoint presentation, and I invited my parents into my room and gave them popcorn. It was called ‘Project Hollywood 2004’ and it worked. I moved to L.A. in January of 2004.”
Emma Stone

“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.”
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2 Emma Stone Quotes on Award Shows

“I used to spray tan a lot when I was a teenager. The last time I got spray-tanned was for the Golden Globes. And I was like, ‘I love spray-tanning so much.’ I still really like it. But it definitely makes me look like I have leprosy, after a point.”
Emma Stone

“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.’.”
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3 Emma Stone Quotes About Music

“I’m a huge music fan. I usually say that if I had been born with a musical inclination, it would’ve been great. The Beatles changed everything for me, and I wanted to be a journalist for ‘Rolling Stone.’ I’m a big music fan in a Cameron Crowe way, kind of in a spectator way.”
Emma Stone

I guess every musician looks forward to a point where they can just kind of make an album that truly is like a nice art album.

I'm a big music fan, an admirer. But I mean by no means am I about to release an album or anything. — I’m a big music fan, an admirer. But I mean by no means am I about to release an album or anything.

15 Emma Stone Quotes That Will Make You Think

“Sometimes I definitely shut people out. I can be that sort of girlfriend who crosses her arms, shakes her head and says, “Nope, I’m not telling you what’s wrong. I’m fine.”.”
Emma Stone

Arizona is the worst place to spend the summer - it's like 125 degrees - so my mom, my brother and I would go to the beach for two months to escape the heat. — Arizona is the worst place to spend the summer – it’s like 125 degrees – so my mom, my brother and I would go to the beach for two months to escape the heat.

I think I'm a type A personality who's trying to convince herself she's type B. I micromanage. — I think I’m a type A personality who’s trying to convince herself she’s type B. I micromanage.

“I didn’t read comics, growing up. I watched a lot of movies, and those were my comic books. And then, my exposure really increased by becoming affiliated with Spider-Man.”
Emma Stone