Emma Watson Struggled With Growing Up On-Screen 9/3/08

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson struggled with growing up in the public spotlight - insisting millions of people have watched her transform from a little girl into a woman.

The 18-year-old British star appeared in the first Harry Potter movie as a nine-year-old child, and has had to grow up in front of legions of adoring fans.

And Watson confesses the constant scrutiny has been hard to take.

She tells the latest edition of Italian Vogue, "In a way, it's hard to grow up inside a film. I lived a period of my life that is full of lessons and changes under the spotlight.

"People have the strange feeling of knowing me intimately because they have seen my transformation from child to woman, albeit only on screen."

But despite the pressures of fame, Watson wouldn't of wanted her youth to have been any other way.

She adds, "(I) wouldn't want my childhood in show business to have been any different. Some days I wish my life were simpler but the rest of the time I feel like the luckiest girl in the world."