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On the right, Emma Stone attends the 96th Annual Academy
Awards in Hollywood, California. ©Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

A decade ago, back in the days of Spider Man, when she revealed that, in the past, she suffered from panic attacks
was engaged to Spider Man itself, i.e., actor Andrew Garfield, and that all those acting and dance and singing classes
the couple was hounded by paparazzi in the streets of New served to keep them at bay, along with analysis.
York. One fine day Emma and Andrew stopped them by She wanted success, Emma Stone. But she also wanted
hoisting signs that said: “We don’t need the attention, but to be happy, and this instinct for joie de vivre is felt in
these wonderful organizations do.” Followed by the names everything she does.
and links where one could donate money to some charities. Shining out into the world is the intelligence of this young
The paparazzi, people who are tough and accustomed to woman who has truly succeeded in what is somewhat the
everything, were stunned. The charities’ treasuries filled up aspiration of the best of actors: to be known and judged only
like never before. by one’s work, characters, and intensity of performances.
Emma is alien to gossip, scandals, exhibitionism on Also, did you take a good look at her? She is not a convention-
social media: on Instagram are only fan pages. A strategy al beauty. In a time when ridiculously perfect, mass–produc-
of discretion that makes her unique among her peers and ible proportions are exalted like plastic dolls, Emma Stone
beyond in this age of visibility at all costs. A few interviews resembles none other than... Emma Stone.

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