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 STILESI pretty much grew up in public.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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I pretty much grew up in public.
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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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’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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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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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’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.
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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 feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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I think it’s really special to be a part of something that people are still watching or thinking about or interested in, or remember fondly many years later. I don’t think it’s annoying at all.
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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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Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
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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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