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
JULIA STILESI’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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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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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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 analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I pretty much grew up in public.
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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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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’s not my job to critique the writing. I’m there to serve it. I had to figure out a way to make it work.
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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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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’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 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’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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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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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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