Emma Watson: I Left Acting for Two Years to Discover Myself

Emma Watson shows her stripes while doing some retail therapy at American Apparel on Wednesday (June 12) in New York City.

The day before, the 23-year-old English actress looked a classy black dress while attending the screening of her flick The Bling Ring, alongside director Sofia Coppola, costars Claire Julien, and Israel Broussard.

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“I basically took two years out and stepped as far away from it as I could – I mean the HP films were still coming out but I took time to really try and figure out who I was and what I wanted to do. I even considered not being an actress,” Emma recently shared about acting.

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