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.
JULIA STILESIt 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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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’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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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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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 am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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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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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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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 worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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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Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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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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