Emma Watson is featured on the cover and in the pages of the May 2009 issue of Interview magazine. Here’s what the 19-year-old British actress had to say:

On her big splurge when the Harry Potter money came in: “I got myself a laptop. I took my dad to Tuscany. He works so hard, my dad, so I rang up his secretary and asked when he was free, and I booked us a holiday. What else? Oh, I got myself a car.”

On her favorite artists: “I’d say Jenny Saville. Most of her stuff is quite gruesome, but I love her painting technique. I like anything to do with the body . . . I love Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Francis Bacon. You and I went to the Bacon exhibit at Tate Britain last year, and I thought it was so moving.

On her relationship with Chanel guru Karl Lagerfield: “I’d met Karl a few times before, at parties or something where we really couldn’t talk. But this was a dream come true. We spent the whole day together, and he can talk about anything — literature, art, science, modern culture. I was totally seduced. I felt spoiled to be spending so much time with him.”

Check out Interviewmagazine.com for more of Emma Watson. What do you think of the cover?