“I remember when I was a kid, in my late teens, thinking, ‘I never want my fame to overtake my work, because there’s nothing scarier to me than being so famous that I’m never left alone.’”
Emma Roberts shed some light on what aunt Julia Roberts’ fame appeared as if it came from within.
The actress was featured in Tuesday’s episode Desk for two podcast with Bruce Bozziyour partner Scream Queenco-star By Billie Lourd stepfather. Throughout the episode, she mentioned what it was like to rise to fame while witnessing her aunt on top of her own, before and also opening up about her career goals and motherhood.
“I noticed up close how this (fame) really feels like my Aunt Julia,” Emma told Bozzi. “Of course, you know, it’s fun and it’s cool, but there’s a part of it that’s really scary.”
She added: “I remember as a kid, as a teenager, I was like, ‘I never want my fame to overtake my work, because there’s nothing scarier to me than being so known that you’re never left alone.’”
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Roberts has made a name for herself in a variety of roles, starting on Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous before landing in the role of Nancy Drew. In the following years, she turned to much more adult fare — including several seasons of American Horror Story, Scream 4, and the film Madame Net before this year.
“I’ve always needed to forge my own path, not just to be a big movie star,” Emma said, before highlighting her need to “do things that are creatively fulfilling.”
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The child star turned scream queen began learning about the trade by spending time with her aunt at locations including Erin Brockovich It is America’s Sweethearts, warning in advance Tatler that she would “ask unfiltered questions.”
Regardless of her celebrity lineage — which includes her aunt Julia and actor father Eric Roberts, who has more than 700 credits to his name — Emma also clapped back at anyone calling her a “nepo kid” in her conversation with Bozzi.
“People like to say, oh, you know, you have an advantage because your family is in the business, but the difference is, you know, you have to put yourself out there more,” Emma mentioned. “Plus, if people don’t have a good experience with other people in your family, you’re never going to get an opportunity.”
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