Hollywood actress who recently received an Oscar nomination in the best actress category for
‘La La Land’ revealed that she was 14 and sitting in a ninth grade history class when she decided to move to LA to pursue a career in acting.
Emma said that it was a moment of epiphany for her while attending the last period of the day at school. “I had this Howard Beale-like moment… I have a revelation that I needed to move to Los Angeles as soon as possible because that’s where I needed to go.”
Calling her decision crazy, the actor recounts how she convinced her parents to let her go, despite having no exposure to movie or TV cameras.
“It’s nuts that they agreed to it… I don’t condone it. Everybody should go through high school and graduate.”
She further said,”I think my parents saw that acting was the thing that made me fulfilled and happy.”
