Coming from a famous family inevitably gets you a little more attention than you might want. But Emma Roberts has been taking it all in stride. She has never used her well known relatives to score a role. And she’s been steadily climbing the celebrity ladder since she was about ten years old.
But perhaps it is her remarkable resemblance to one relative in particular that catches the eye of a lot of critics. A relative that Emma is not afraid to address in interviews. On the topic of Julia Roberts, her aunt who has been a Hollywood force since her big screen turn in Pretty Woman, Emma has said:
think there are a lot of people out there who say the really low blow of “She’s just in the business because of her family.” I do it because I love to do it. There have been a lot of parts I’ve been up for that I haven’t gotten. I don’t get everything handed to me like some people think. I mean, people say, “Oh, do you feel like you’re living in Julia’s shadow?” I don’t at all, because I’m not trying to be her. I’m just being myself and doing what I want to do. I’m having a lot of fun, and I feel like I am making a name for myself, as well