So, I looked up the actual definition of trailblazer, and
it means someone who blazes a trail to be followed by others. And that’s an honour
to hear you’re being associated with a concept like that.
But the only thing I can hope that an award inspires is
originality, because the trailblazers I’ve looked up to and been inspired by
are people like Gilda Radner and Bill Murray and John Candy and Charlie Chaplin
and the Beatles and J.D. Salinger. Lorne Michaels, who reminds me the
importance of comedy, and Cameron Crowe, whose work consistently reminds me of
why I want to be an actor.”
Those people are my creative trailblazers, but I’m not
following any of their paths, and what’s incredible about them is they help
make me want to be more myself because they’re all originals, and I hope that
you’ll find your trailblazers. And, trust me, I do not need to be one of them.
I probably shouldn’t be one of them. But that you’ll continue to harness your
own originality and what makes you unique ’cause I know that when you’re a teenager
— sometimes when you’re an adult — what sets you apart can sometimes feel like
a burden and it’s not. And a lot of the time, it’s what makes you great. So I
kind of sound like I live in a van down by the river right now.
- Emma Stone
Dress - Stone Cold Fox
