As one of the world’s most famous actresses — with two Academy Awards to back up that distinction — Emma Stone knows a thing or two about fame. During Thursday’s press conference for her new film Bugonia at the Venice Film Festival, she revealed a creative strategy for how to navigate all the tricky things that come along with it.

Asked by a journalist at the start of the presser how she manages success and fame “without turning into an alien,” Stone quipped, “How do you know I’m not an alien?” The joke lots of laughs for a query that proved to be incredibly on theme: Bugonia casts Stone as a high-powered CEO from a major company who is kidnapped by two conspiracy theorists who are convinced she’s an alien intent on destroying Earth.

As one of the world’s most famous actresses —

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