I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.
JULIA STILESMy regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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I remember seeing Janet McTeer in A Doll’s House. My grandmother took me and we had seats in the very back row, but her performance was so powerful – it was very accessible. I felt like I was much closer than I was.
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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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I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
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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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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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I’m going to Columbia University but I’m trying to keep that low-profile because I don’t want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.
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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.
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As an actor, you’re only one little piece of the puzzle; you’re fulfilling someone else’s vision. If you’re involved earlier on, you’re kind of creating your own.
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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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I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna – the one you saw – we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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The thing with the Bourne movies is that they’re so big in scope and the production value is so high and it takes so much organization.
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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 never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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