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Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

Julia Stiles

I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what modern writers write, which is weird because they didn’t have actresses then.
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Character Females Thinking Writing
In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.
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Careers Error Errors Trial
Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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Lifetime
I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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Innocent Ophelia Roles
With film, so much is in the director’s hands. Once something is cut together – unless you’re in the editing room – you don’t really remember what the alternatives are.
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Cutting Editing Hands
I’m not good at keeping secrets. If I’m entrusted with a secret from a friend, I can do that because I’m a good friend, but I don’t like having secrets, it makes me nervous.
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Friend Good Keeping Nervous Secrets
I used to struggle a lot with dwelling on how the day at work was, and I would dwell on my performance. Now, I’m like, “Well, that’s over and done with, and I can’t control the outcome, so move on.” I just remember that it’s entertainment I am making.
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Dwelling Moving Struggle
I think women get caught up too much in having a plan – ‘I’m going to get married at this age I’m going to have a kid at this age’ – and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don’t want my life to be based on that.
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Guy Kids Thinking
I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of people paying for sex and what goes on with that and why that happens.
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Ideas People Sex
I pretty much grew up in public.
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Grew Much Public
It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It’s very subtle – it’s actually without dialogue. I do think it’s powerful even without words.
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Nice Powerful Thinking
Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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Cake Television Theater
I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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Anxiety Forever Grateful
Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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Ideas Sometimes Track
Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. My brain and body can go into overdrive – yoga teaches me to focus on the moment and not get ahead of myself.
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Focus Running Yoga
My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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Knows Regular School

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

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