Oscars 2025: Emma Stone’s Pixie Cut Is an Easy A on Red Carpet

It was there, that he paid special tribute to the Easy A star and their lasting friendship.

"I met Emma when we were in Zombieland together in 2009,” Jesse said onstage. “And since then, I write little magazine articles and little things on McSweeney's, and she's the only person—I'm including my mom here—who would take little screenshots of it over the last 15 years and send me things like, 'This is such a funny line!'”

He joked that while Emma is “the most famous person” he knows, she is also “the most dedicated to encouraging me as a writer.”

The Social Network star continued, "I think about her not as my producer, but like a fairy godmother — that I am riding the coattails of her goodwill.”

Following his win, per People, Jesse even teased as to whether he’d ever write something for Emma.

“Every single person in the world who opens a Final Draft folder wants to write something for Emma Stone,” he joked during a press conference. “She's the greatest in every genre. So yeah."

And while he noted his work isn’t usually written with a specific actor in mind, he conceded, "At some point I'll probably have the presumption to write something for her and it'll be a very awkward conversation where she tells me she's busy."

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