I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
JULIA STILESI 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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
-
-
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.
JULIA STILES -
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 -
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.
JULIA STILES -
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.
JULIA STILES -
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.
JULIA STILES -
I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.
JULIA STILES -
I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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
JULIA STILES -
I pretty much grew up in public.
JULIA STILES -
I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
JULIA STILES -
I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
JULIA STILES -
I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.
JULIA STILES -
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.
JULIA STILES -
Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
JULIA STILES -
I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of people paying for sex and what goes on with that and why that happens.
JULIA STILES