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" I love podcasts! I wish I had my own, although I think there are already too many podcasts, so I don't know how I would create a new one. "
Julia Stiles
Wish
Think
Know
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" I turn on the radio. I'm a really big fan of old-fashioned dial radio. I love WNYC and NPR and also 88.3 in New York, which is the jazz station, and it's usually good for background music. If I'm not in New York City or by a traditional radio, I'll stream it on my phone, although I usually try not to look at my phone first thing in the morning. "
Julia Stiles
Good
Morning
New York
" I'm voting for Hillary Clinton, proudly. I think it's her time. I think she's very experienced, I think she'd make a good president. I also think it would be monumental to have the first female president in the United States. "
Julia Stiles
Think
Time
Voting
" I actually have this fantasy of giving up my cell phone. "
Julia Stiles
Cell Phone
Giving
Giving Up
" The platform doesn't really matter to me, whether it's stage or theatre or even a web series. I just am more interested in, like, if it's a story that I would want to watch and if it's a character that I feel like I can contribute something to, then that's really what gets me. "
Julia Stiles
Theatre
Story
Me
" 'Big Night' is the best food movie ever made. It's such a celebration of food, and the Italian tradition of celebrating people. Plus, everything looked delicious! "
Julia Stiles
Food
Best
Night
" In terms of directing a feature, I'd want the story to be right - you know, it's a year of your life, and you have to be focused on one thing, so I want it to be a story that I really, really care about and will enjoy making. "
Julia Stiles
Enjoy
Care
You
" I love the sun and salt water, which is not good for your skin and therefore not good for your image. I'm terrible about protecting my skin as well. "
Julia Stiles
Love
Good
Water
" 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
Move On
Think
Lose
" I have pessimistic moments when I think I should go on a diet because people are paying money to see movies with exceptional-looking actresses. But being in college has helped me realize that the best thing I can do is to feel good about myself and forget about other people's standards. "
Julia Stiles
Me
Good
College
" My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from. "
Julia Stiles
Where
Always
Me
" I don't naturally have a good metabolism, but I am lucky in that I am naturally drawn to healthy food. "
Julia Stiles
Am
Food
Good
" It would probably help my career if I lived in L.A., but I think it would be all-consuming. New York has its own little rat race going on, too. But it's also really diverse and has a lot of people doing different kinds of jobs. In L.A., work would be the only thing I'd think about, and sometimes, I need a break from that. "
Julia Stiles
People
Help
New York
" I directed a short series for Hulu called 'Paloma,' and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting. It gave me a new bolt of energy in terms of my interest in filmmaking because it made me realize how collaborative filmmaking can be and also that you're not just limited to one job. "
Julia Stiles
Job
You
Short
" I love baseball. As a teenager, I was a contrarian and picked the underdog instead of just rooting for the Yankees. It's a hard team to root for, but there's something that always keeps me hopeful. "
Julia Stiles
Underdog
Baseball
Team
" Obviously, if I'm in Argentina, I'm going to have a steak, but I don't love meat, really. I always think about where the food came from and who had to get it. "
Julia Stiles
Always
Love
Food
" I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.' "
Julia Stiles
Waiting
Me
Team
" I went to a Chekhov play with my grandmother, and at the end, I was talking about how the first act was so boring. And my grandmother didn't see that at all. I realized it was because I need, like, the constant images changing. I wrote a paper about this. "
Julia Stiles
Boring
End
Need
" I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature. "
Julia Stiles
Early
Premature
Very
" 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
Grateful
Work
People
" Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles. "
Julia Stiles
Milestones
Women
Winning
" I'm terrified at the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president. I think he's disgusting, he's offensive. I think that it would be embarrassing for our country to have him sit down with world leaders and try and have a conference or even take a photo op. So we'll see what happens, but it's a very pivotal time in the U.S. "
Julia Stiles
Try
Down
Country
" 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. I like a director that encourages me to be playful. "
Julia Stiles
Time
Doing
Search
" The best working experiences I've had are with directors who want to create with you while you're on set. I prefer a much freer environment. That's why I'm always trying to mess things up, just to know that I can! "
Julia Stiles
Trying
You
Best
" I am not a fan of rats or pigeons. In New York City, they have become very confident. When I was a child, you went on the subways, and the rats would stay down on the tracks, but now they hang out on the platform. "
Julia Stiles
Child
New York
I Am
" If Beyonce needs another back up dancer, I mean, I could make time. "
Julia Stiles
Needs
Back Up
Mean
" 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
College
People
Me
" I pretty much grew up in public. "
Julia Stiles
Grew
Up
Public
" I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke. "
Julia Stiles
Working
Courage
I Can
" I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there's resurgence in my appreciation for him. It's amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote. "
Julia Stiles
Amazing
Book
College
" I like to stay balanced in life, so I don't have to do some radical diet. I love my job, and I obviously want to feel good when I am working, but I also want to feel energized and agile all the time. As a New Yorker, I live in the land of plenty, and yet every day I see people who could use a good meal. "
Julia Stiles
Life
Live
Good