I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
JULIA STILESI’ve always been fascinated with the idea of people paying for sex and what goes on with that and why that happens.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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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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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The only thing that gets me through any type of pain, emotional or physical, is to make it worthwhile by putting it into my work.
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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 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 pretty much grew up in public.
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I 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.
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It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It’s very subtle – it’s actually without dialogue. I do think it’s powerful even without words.
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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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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 know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the equation when you are making a movie. The director really is in charge. Actors are as important or unimportant as the rest of the people around them.
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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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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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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’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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