I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
JULIA STILESI 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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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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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 am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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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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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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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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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 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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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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’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.
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