I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
JULIA STILESWe can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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’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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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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I like analyzing human behavior. It’s complex. That’s what keeps me going.
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I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there’s always room for improvement.
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Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.
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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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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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I pretty much grew up in public.
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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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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’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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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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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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