My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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 like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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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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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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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I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.
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