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.
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 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 took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.
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I pretty much grew up in public.
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I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.
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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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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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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 like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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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 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 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 did a run of a play over the summer in a really tiny theater in New York and that was rejuvenating for me. I directed a short series for Hulu called Paloma and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting.
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