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.
JULIA STILESI never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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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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’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’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 took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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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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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 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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I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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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 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.
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