Considering the transformative role where she embodied a character with an infant's brain, Stone playfully recognized the influence critics wield in the industry.
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00:00 The 2024 Critics' Choice Awards have crowned Emma Stone as the Best Movie Actress of the
00:06 Year, adding another prestigious accolade to her collection.
00:11 On Sunday, Stone received the coveted award for exceptional portrayal of Bella Baxter
00:16 in Poor Things.
00:17 Expressing her genuine surprise during the acceptance speech, the 35-year-old actress
00:23 exclaimed, "I'm in full-blown shock right now.
00:26 This is completely crazy."
00:28 Reflecting on the transformative role that saw her inhabit a character with an infant's
00:34 brain, Stone humorously acknowledged the impact critics have on the industry.
00:39 "Playing Bella was one of the greatest joys of my life.
00:42 I got to unlearn a lot of things in playing her.
00:46 Unlearned parts of shame and societal stuff that gets put on us, and I'm still working
00:52 on it," she shared.
00:54 Injecting a bit of humor, Stone quipped, "This is the Critics' Choice Awards, and it is about
01:01 outside opinion.
01:02 But I'm very grateful to the critics for this.
01:05 But I'm just learning not to care what you think."
01:09 In a gracious gesture, Stone also acknowledged her fellow nominees in the category, personally
01:14 mentioning Lily, Sandra, Greta, Carrie, and Margaret.
01:19 She expressed her disbelief at winning among such remarkable talent, stating, "This doesn't
01:25 make any sense, so thank you so much for this.
01:28 It means so much to me.
01:29 I was being serious.
01:31 I don't know what to say."
01:33 Emma Stone's Critics' Choice Awards triumph follows her recent success at the 2024 Golden
01:39 Globes, where she secured the title of Best Film Actress in a Comedy or Musical.
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