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.
JULIA STILESI like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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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The thing with the Bourne movies is that they’re so big in scope and the production value is so high and it takes so much organization.
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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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I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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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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I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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