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"Emma Stone has credited Saturday Night Live and Les Mis\u00C3\u00A9rables with inspiring her to become an actress. The 24-year-old Arizona native revealed to Flicks and Bits that she knew from a young age that acting was her true passion.  &amp;quot;[My inspiration] was Saturday Night Live, there was The Jerk - with Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters and Catlin Adams,&amp;quot; Stone revealed, adding: &amp;quot;Also, there was Les Mis\u00C3\u00A9rables, the first play I saw.&amp;quot; Stone also opened up about her very first acting role, saying: &amp;quot;There was my first school play, which was No Turkey for Perky, a Thanksgiving play.  &amp;quot;I really enjoyed that and it made me realise that I loved getting to perform. That had a real big impact on me.&amp;quot;  Stone fulfilled a lifelong dream in October 2010 when she hosted Saturday Night Live for the very first time. She returned to host again in October 2011, this time acknowledging her love of the series by posing for a bumper photograph as the late Gila Radner&amp;#039;s character Roseanne Roseannadanna. Her current movie Gangster Squad is playing in US and UK cinemas now. Watch a trailer for the film below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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