Welcome to our Channel Emma Watson explains why she took a break from acting Emma Watson has broken her silence on why she has stopped acting Disney's Beauty and the Beast remake star hasn't appeared in any film Project since the release of Little Women in 2019 and has largely stayed out of the spotlight in that time aside from an appearance in the Harry Potter Reunion Show in 2021 in a new interview with the financial times Emma explained that she'd started to feel constrained by her acting career before walking away Emma Watson sends emotional message to autistic fan I think I felt a bit caged she said the thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn't have very much control over to stand in front of a film and have every journalist be able to say how does this align with your Viewpoint it was very difficult to have to be the face and the spokesperson for things where I didn't get to be involved in the process while she felt a break was necessary Emma reiterated previous comments that she will return to the screen at some point I'm happy to sit and wait for the next right thing she added I love what I do it's finding a way to do it where I don't have to fracture myself into different faces and people and I just don't want to switch into robot mode anymore does that make sense the actress made a brief return to screens last year as part of of a charity pickle ball game hosted by Steven colar to raise money for the US version of comic relief she has also traveled globally to advocate for fashion sustainability through her role as an ambassador and board member for curing the company that owns balenciag gauchi Alexander McQueen and Eve St lauron thanks you for watching stay connected with us for more videos