 Several media publications consider Stone one of her generation 's most talented actresses . Commenting on her performance in The Help , Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter called her " one of our very best young actresses " . She is known for starring in both high @-@ profile , mainstream productions and low @-@ budget independent films . Time 's Daniel D 'Addario describes the latter as " substantive risk " and adds that taking on a role in them provides her an opportunity to " try something new and to get credibility " . Analyzing her on @-@ screen persona , Jessica Kiang of Indiewire noted that Stone " usually [ plays ] the approachable , down @-@ to @-@ earth , girl @-@ next @-@ door type , [ and ] in person she demonstrates many of those qualities too , along with an absolute refusal to take herself too seriously . " 
