We 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
JULIA STILESI 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.
More Julia Stiles Quotes
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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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Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself.
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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 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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Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.
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I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater – it reduces performance anxiety.
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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 think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don’t do anything that outlandish anyway.
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I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.
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Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down.
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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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My regular school didn’t know what to do with me!
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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 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 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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