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Emma Stone photographed by Juergen Teller for W Magazine, 2013
Gwen saves Peter more than he saves her. She’s incredibly helpful to Spider-Man… He’s the muscle, she’s the brains.
I do find that I am drawn to people in my life, romantically or not, that have something to teach me… There is some sense of being changed.
FAVORITE MOVIES » Easy A (2010)
“Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80′s movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80′s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, John Hughes did not direct my life.”
I would much rather be seen as funny than sexy. And I love watching comedies. When I was growing up, I fell in love with the old ‘Saturday Night Live’ shows and I was inspired by people like Steve Martin, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, and John Candy. They were real trailblazers for me
There really aren’t many parts. It’s an unfortunate thing and something I hope will change, but never has, and who knows if it will? 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. Nowadays it seems like the real goldmine is in creating your own characters and teaming with a good writer, but its not easy. It’s a scary thing for a woman to put yourself out there and look like an idiot. Look at Lucille Ball. She said, ‘I’m not funny. What I am is brave’. The comediennes I admire are the bravest people who aren’t afraid to look ridiculous. Maybe that’s a harder notion for women - the fear of not looking their best.