Emma Stone Remembers One Exec’s ‘Trash’ Advice to Women in Hollywood – The Hollywood Reporter

Emma Stone at the Palm Springs Film Awards on January 4.

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Although Emma Stone may be on track for her second Oscar, she’s looking back at the early days of her career and some of the “trashy” advice she was given along the way.

Receiving the Desert Palm Achievement Award for Best Actress at the Palm Springs Film Awards on Thursday, which was presented to her Bad things Co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe told the audience how grateful she is for this current moment.

“I’m grateful that I get to keep trying new things and for the opportunity to make choices when it comes to work because I know how rare and fleeting it is to choose what you want to do, or who you want to work with as an actor,” she told the audience. “I wasn’t always sure that would be the case.” , because when I first moved to Los Angeles, I went to one of those town hall meetings they sometimes send you to. One executive told me that for male actors, it was a marathon, not a sprint, and in his view, for women, it was a sprint, not a marathon.

“That was 20 years ago, and I realized the advice was bullshit because the majority of the women I look up to in this industry, and many of them in this room, have proven that over time, life and work only become more interesting and more fulfilling,” Stone continued. A round of applause.

She talks about her role in Bad thingsThe star said it was unlike anything she had ever read about “a woman immune to external expectations and immune to judgment and shame.” Playing Bella was difficult because I had to try to get rid of those aspects of myself, and it made it so much fun to play. “Making this film has been one of the highlights of my life, thanks in large part to a true creative soulmate,” exclaims director Yorgos Lanthimos.

“I hope I have the opportunity for many more years to swing by and try new things and continue this marathon,” Stone added. Moonflower KillersCillian Murphy, Devine Joy Randolph, Greta Gerwig, Jeffrey Wright, Carey Mulligan, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell and Paul Giamatti will also be honored at the event.