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 never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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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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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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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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We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird
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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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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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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. My brain and body can go into overdrive – yoga teaches me to focus on the moment and not get ahead of myself.
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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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I used to struggle a lot with dwelling on how the day at work was, and I would dwell on my performance. Now, I’m like, “Well, that’s over and done with, and I can’t control the outcome, so move on.” I just remember that it’s entertainment I am making.
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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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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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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