I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
JULIA STILESI am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
JULIA STILESI wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.
JULIA STILESI like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
JULIA STILESI 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.
JULIA STILESWith 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.
JULIA STILESI 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.
JULIA STILESI worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.
JULIA STILESI 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.
JULIA STILESIn my worst moments, I try to think about loving instead of hating. Creation versus destruction, know what I’m sayin’?
JULIA STILESIn my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.
JULIA STILESI 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.
JULIA STILESMake yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
JULIA STILESIt’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.
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.
JULIA STILESMy regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
JULIA STILESI feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
JULIA STILES