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I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.

Julia Stiles

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
JULIA STILES

Lifetime
With film, so much is in the director’s hands. Once something is cut together – unless you’re in the editing room – you don’t really remember what the alternatives are.
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Cutting Editing Hands
I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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Bits Premature Probably
I pretty much grew up in public.
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Grew Much Public
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.
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Grandmother House Performance Powerful
I did a run of a play over the summer in a really tiny theater in New York and that was rejuvenating for me. I directed a short series for Hulu called Paloma and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting.
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Country People Running Summer
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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Creating Little Vision
I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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Different Rooms Skills
I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
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Beautiful Fashion Vintage
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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People Thinking Years
I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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Actors Home Thinking
I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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Anxiety Forever Grateful
Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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Cake Television Theater
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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Friend Good Keeping Nervous Secrets
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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Art Bird Cutting Funding Times
I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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Analyzing Behavior Human

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.

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