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    Kristen Stewart opens up in regards to the perks of being a director: ‘Actresses get handled like s—‘

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    Kristen Stewart attends Variety Creative Impact Awards on January 04, 2026 in Palm Springs, California. Kristen Stewart attends Variety Creative Impact Awards on January 04, 2026 in Palm Springs, California.
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    Kristen Stewart has now participated within the moviemaking course of in entrance of and behind the digicam, so she is aware of what's simpler: being an actress or being a director. And it doesn't even come shut.

    "Actresses get handled like s—, I've acquired to let you know," the Twilight, Crimes of the Future, and Private Shopper star mentioned in an interview with The Times revealed Saturday.

    Stewart defined that "individuals suppose anybody might be an actress, however the first time I sat down to speak about my film as a director, I assumed, 'Wow, it is a completely different expertise, they’re speaking to me like I'm any person with a mind.'"

    Twilight (2008) KRISTEN STEWART
    Kristen Stewart in 'Twilight'.

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    Stewart has been remarkably candid about what she sees as evident gender disparities within the movie business since helming her first movie, The Chronology of Water.

    "There's this concept that administrators have otherworldly talents, which isn’t true. It's an thought perpetuated by males," she informed The Occasions. "To not sound like I’m complaining on a regular basis, but it surely's worse for feminine actors than male ones — they get handled like puppets, however they aren’t."

    When requested if it might need been simpler to make the gritty coming-of-age drama had she been a person, Stewart responded, "If I used to be a person, I wouldn’t have made this film… We’ve got to disclaim our physicality each single day, and there’s a lot — like delivery — that’s so painful and likewise fairly lovely, however we don't share it, as a result of it’s uncomfortable and icky."

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    Earlier than The Chronology of Water even premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition final Might, Stewart was elevating her voice to name out disparities she believes are holding again extra girls from selecting up cameras for themselves.

    "There's this bulls— fallacy that you could have expertise or form of like technical adeptness, and it's safeguarding the enterprise. It's an actual male perspective," she mentioned on the time. "Like, as if it's this tough factor to do. Anybody could make a film if they’ve one thing to say."

    The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, Imogen Poots
    Kristen Stewart directing Imogen Poots in 'The Chronology of Water'.

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    Stewart tailored The Chronology of Water from the 2011 hybrid memoir of the identical identify by Lidia Yuknavitch. The movie stars Imogen Poots as a younger Yuknavitch, who strains to flee an abusive upbringing by way of aggressive swimming in faculty, all of the whereas battling habit and discovering a knack for writing.

    Although she might simply direct extra indie motion pictures after Chronology of Water, Stewart additionally lately confirmed that she's "dedicated" to the concept of directing a remake of the movie that made her well-known, Twilight.

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