I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
JULIA STILESI never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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’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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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 think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.
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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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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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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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