http://www.teletext.co.uk/bigscreen/film-interview/default.aspxen-gbThu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:24 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.ukBy Paul Donovan - After a childhood growing up on the sets of Harry Potter films, Emma Watson is looking forward to becoming a "normal" 19-year-old.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/entertainment/big-screen/film-interview/~4/zPORxG_zMdU" height="1" width="1"/>
The actress, who plays Hermione Granger, is going to university in the US in August, and said: "I'm very excited about that and looking forward to a bit of normality."

But, she insisted: "By no means does that mean I'll never act again."

Watson does not see her decision to go to university in the US as "escaping" from her fame in the UK.

"I don't want to put a negative light on it and say I'm escaping. I'm just looking forward to being a normal teenager and meeting people my own age.

"My way of dealing with all of this when I'm really stressed is to go and sit and open a book and just read, and that will be what will de-stress me."

After nine years of filming the Harry Potter blockbusters, Watson and her talented colleagues have learnt a lot.

Watson said: "We were so young when we started and we very much relied on Chris Columbus (the first director of the films).

"By the third film, I started to act and think like Hermione, I was that little girl when I was on the set. I didn't really need to act that much."

The eagerly awaited Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince is "more of a romantic comedy" than Watson would have originally thought, she said.

The latest release is the sixth in the series, and Watson said the films can sometimes be "quite dark and heavy".

"But we had a really good time working out how we were going to make this film as funny as we possibly could. I was really excited about that," she added.

Talking about her life, Watson said it can be "quite hard" how the media are interested in what she wears.

"I don't feel pressure to alter my appearance in any way. I think I get more pressure just for being a girl.

"The media is more interested in what I choose to wear, whereas with the boys I think there is less. You can deal with it but sometimes because there is more interest that can be quite hard."

While fellow stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint have found more acting work away from the Harry Potter films, Watson has done some modelling.

"Because I've been studying, I haven't had as much time to make any other films and get directors to look at me.

"I've been trying to play different characters in each of the photoshoots, and I hope people have been able to make people look at me differently."

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