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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.

Julia Stiles

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
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
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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Bigs Organization Scope
I pretty much grew up in public.
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Grew Much Public
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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Character Females Thinking Writing
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 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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Guy Kids Thinking
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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Bills Identity Saws
I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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Innocent Ophelia Roles
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
Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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Joints Running Yoga
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
Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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Cake Television Theater
Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
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Oscars Roles Winning
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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Dwelling Moving Struggle

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 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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