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.
JULIA STILESI like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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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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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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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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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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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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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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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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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 never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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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 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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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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In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.
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