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.
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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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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 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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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 never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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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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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 like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.
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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’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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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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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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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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