Emma Stone Quotes

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

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

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

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.

My parents always put more of an emphasis on who I was as opposed to what I achieved. They were never like, "You won that! You did this!" It was all about, "You've got a good heart. You're a good friend. You're a good daughter." So that other stuff in no way defines my sense of self.

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

I had massive anxiety as a child. I was in therapy. From 8 to 10, I was borderline agora-phobic. I could not leave my mom's side. There was a lot of fear, but it was also very exciting.

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

This is life. Our bodies change. Our minds change. Our hearts change. Things are always evolving. I hope we can be supportive of each other and try to really have each other's backs, especially when we don't know the whole story.

You're only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.

Success to me is my friends and family are healthy and happy and I feel good about myself at the end of the night and I can sleep at night.

I think a lot of female actors have a real fear of not looking their best. They learn to prize their vanity over a role in which they have to look like a moron. They're worried they'll damage their sex appeal. Thankfully, I have no problem looking like a moron!

It's nice to find creative outlets on a daily basis.

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.

I have a checkered past. I'll take any eyeliner that comes my way.

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

The beauty of any city is really the people within it and the people that you're close to.

What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it's not.

There are some things that have to wait and that can't just happen right now.

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.

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

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

Improv is what helped me overcome the anxiety that I was feeling sometimes. It's the thing that pushes me to be present, and to keep moving through all of the what-ifs that go through my mind.

You never know what even the bad situations will lead to, which I guess is true with anything in life.