'I couldn't breathe:' Emma Stone talks surviving severe childhood anxiety as she smolders in nude slip for Rolling Stone cover 

She is getting Oscar buzz for her role in La La Land.

But as America's sweetheart Emma Stone graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine's January issue, it became evident the acclaim has not gone to her head.

The 28-year-old star looked fierce and confident on the front of the magazine, but within its pages, she talked about the debilitating anxiety she suffered from as a young child and how she got through it.

She's tops: Emma Stone graced the cover of Rolling Stone magazine's January issue

The Spider-Man actress wore a thin silk slip in a nude colour that nearly matched her skin tone perfectly with lace hems for the cover shoot, allowing one strap to slide off her shoulder.

 In the interview, Emma described what it was like to be just seven years old with severe anxiety.

'I was convinced the house was burning down,' she said. 'I could sense it... a tightening in my chest, feeling I couldn't breathe, like the world was going to end.'

'I would ask my mom a hundred times how the day was gonna lay out. What time was she gonna drop me off? Where was she gonna be? What would happen at lunch? At a certain point, I couldn't go to friends' houses anymore – I could barely get out the door to school.' 

To deal with the anxiety, the starlet joined a youth theater group, where she began to practice acting, sketch comedy, and improv - which could potentially be the reason behind why the likable actress has garnered such success in Hollywood today.

'You have to be present in improv, and that's the antithesis of anxiety,' the award winning starlet divulged.   

The actress - who achieved her Hollywood dreams when she was cast for Superbad - also revealed that directors have stolen her jokes before to give to her male co-stars.

Her film La La Land hit theaters on December 9th and is already receiving Oscar buzz.

'There have been times when I've improvised, they've laughed at my joke and then given it to my male co-star,' Stone confessed. 

Her film La La Land hit theaters on December 9th and is already receiving Oscar buzz.

Up next for the talented star is  the Billie Jean King biopic titled Battle of the Sexes, for which she had to put on 15 pounds of muscle.

The film is set for release in 2017.  

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