Emma Stone is well known for playing brassy, confident characters in movies like The Help and Superbad – but the actress recently revealed something that fans likely wouldn't expect: She grew up suffering from panic attacks.

Stone, who stars with beau Andrew Garfield in the upcoming superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man, tells Vogue in their July cover story that she had panic attacks starting at about 8 years old.

"I was just kind of immobilized by it," she explains. "I didn't want to go to my friends' houses or hang out with anybody, and nobody really understood."

Despite her childhood anxiety, however, Stone says she managed to work through her fears. After years of therapy and a foray into comic theater, she began to come out of her shell and pursue acting. By age 14, she had even put together a PowerPoint presentation to convince her parents to let her drop out of high school and start auditioning for roles (She was successful.)

"[Being on stage] gave me a sense of purpose. I wanted to make people laugh," she tells Vogue. "Comedy was my sport. It taught me how to roll with the punches. Failure is the exact same as success when it comes to comedy because it just keeps coming. It never stops."

Stone says she still gets panic attacks sometimes, but has learned to channel her feelings into her work. For example, in order to cope with her anxiety during the filming of The Amazing Spider-Man, she turned her attention to baking.

"I think I felt really out of control of my surroundings," she says. "I was just baking all the time. It seemed like it made me feel, if I put these in, I'll know what the outcome is."

沪江娱乐快讯：日前，因与男友安德鲁·加菲尔德一同出演《神奇蜘蛛侠》而备受瞩目的好莱坞女星艾玛·斯通，在接受某杂志专访时透露，自己从八岁起就饱受急性焦虑症的困扰。身患焦虑症的艾玛·斯通不想出门，不想跟任何人出去，也得不到旁人的理解。

不过经过长期的治疗，斯通慢慢走出了焦虑症的阴霾，并开启了自己的演艺生涯，尤其是喜剧的表演让艾玛·斯通重获新生。现在，斯通有时还是会神经焦虑，但是她已经学会把情绪转移到工作当中。在拍摄《神奇蜘蛛侠》期间，斯通就经常利用烘焙转移焦虑的情绪。