I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent. Julia Stiles More Quotes by Julia Stiles More Quotes From Julia Stiles I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion. Julia Stiles fashiontakenmen Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing. Julia Stiles day-to-daybaseslifetime I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going. Julia Stiles analyzingbehaviorhumans I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I could. It's funny that you ask, because I've just been thinking that maybe I'd rather direct The Bell Jar than act in it. It's a huge leap to go from a short to a feature, so I'm tentative - I'm like, Well, that's just so triple-type-A personality of you. Julia Stiles believepeoplethinking My regular school didn't know what to do with me! Julia Stiles knowsschool I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting. Julia Stiles fansactorsthinking I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway. Julia Stiles outlandishknowsthinking I've always been fascinated with the idea of people paying for sex and what goes on with that and why that happens. Julia Stiles sexpeopleideas I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one. Julia Stiles crushmovingthinking 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. Julia Stiles collegetryingpeople Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. My brain and body can go into overdrive - yoga teaches me to focus on the moment and not get ahead of myself. Julia Stiles focusyogarunning Bill Pullman is older than Aaron Eckhart - although I was older too - and the age difference changes the play. My perspective on those issues had changed a lot. Without going into nerdy details about that play, there was something that still stuck with me. I still had the same joy in that dialogue and David Mamet's rhythm in terms of his writing. I felt like there was still something to explore. Julia Stiles age-differenceplaywriting If I'm gong out to a club I like to have fun with it. I'll use blue or red sparkly eyeliners and glittery eye shadows. Then I'll put on some blue mascara. I focus on the eyes. Julia Stiles eyebluefun So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work. Julia Stiles gratefulfanspeople It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on. Julia Stiles jobsschoolthinking I 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. Julia Stiles sawsbillsidentity I always loved how people like Jon Voight and Laurence Olivier shocked you every time they came on-screen. They were so different each time. That's what I hope to do with acting - be the chameleon and not get stuck in a type. Julia Stiles differentactingpeople Of course my family and friends are incredibly valuable to me. They keep me sane, they teach me things and I love spending time with them. I think that ranking what you value is a sort of western and linear way of looking at things. Julia Stiles family-and-friendswaythinking I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer. Julia Stiles returnopportunitythinking I tend to gravitate toward the more powerful roles. As opposed to the doe-eyed girl who bats her eyelashes and runs around in towels, you now what I mean? Because that kind of makes me want to vomit. Julia Stiles girlpowerfulrunning
