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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.

Julia Stiles

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 STILES

Easier Home Seriously Term
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 STILES

Acting Important People
Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
JULIA STILES

Ideas Sometimes Track
I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
JULIA STILES

Actors Home Thinking
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.
JULIA STILES

Emotional Pain Type
I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
JULIA STILES

Bits Premature Probably
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.
JULIA STILES

Friend Good Keeping Nervous Secrets
I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
JULIA STILES

Innocent Ophelia Roles
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.
JULIA STILES

Bigs Organization Scope
I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
JULIA STILES

Beautiful Fashion Vintage
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.
JULIA STILES

Grandmother House Performance Powerful
My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
JULIA STILES

Knows Regular School
I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
JULIA STILES

Analyzing Behavior Human
In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.
JULIA STILES

Careers Error Errors Trial
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.
JULIA STILES

Guy Kids Thinking
I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
JULIA STILES

Different Rooms Skills

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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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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