Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
JULIA STILESI’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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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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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I pretty much grew up in public.
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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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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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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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I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
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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’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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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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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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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 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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