I know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the equation when you are making a movie. The director really is in charge. Actors are as important or unimportant as the rest of the people around them.
JULIA STILESIt 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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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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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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I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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The only thing that gets me through any type of pain, emotional or physical, is to make it worthwhile by putting it into my work.
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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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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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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I like a director who is very observant and is watching what I’m doing and noticing what I’m doing, but is giving me time to figure it out. They don’t jump right in and give you a note before you’ve had time to really search on your own with how to do a scene.
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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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In my worst moments, I try to think about loving instead of hating. Creation versus destruction, know what I’m sayin’?
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I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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