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" We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespeare, it's still entertainment. We're just entertaining people. We're just doing the stuff that comes on in between the ads. "

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" My parents always stressed finding some sort of creative outlet, so they would take me to dance classes, take me to jazz clubs. "

Julia Stiles

Dance

Creative

Parents

" 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. "

" 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

Good

College

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I become so sentimental on planes: I could be watching 'Bridesmaids' and start crying. "

" 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. "

" I think Latin guys are really sexy. They generally fit into that whole tall, dark, and handsome thing. "

" We didn't have a backyard, so as I child, I would turn the coffee table into a stage and put on shows. But it was just a fun thing to do; I never thought about it as a profession. That started as a fluke; my mother had a friend who was an artist with a theater company, and I started going there after school because my mom knew I'd be safe. "

" I was in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'Sally's Pigeons' when I first started acting. "

" My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music as well. I was very lucky that way. It was a very rich childhood. "

" I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway. "

" We don't have cable, so I don't watch a lot of traditional TV. I watch a lot of Netflix, and there's this thing in Canada called Show Me, and then I also get things from iTunes. "

Julia Stiles

Watch

Netflix

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling. "

" One minute, I really am in awe of filmmakers, and I want to be working in film, and then the next minute, I get the itch to get back on stage. "

" 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. "

" It actually makes perfect sense why women in Hollywood get so skinny: because it's a way of controlling how people see you. "

" I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand but played basketball in high school with my left. "

" When I was a child, I would draw these little stick-figures, and my mom would put them up all over the loft and tell me how wonderful they were. Then you get out there into the harsh reality of the world, and you realize not everybody loves every little thing you do the way your mom did. "

Julia Stiles

Child

Mom

" Sometimes I have these abstract ideas and then lose track of myself. "

" Compared to film or television, theater is more interactive, collaborative. "

Julia Stiles

Theater

Film

" My musician friends could always practice what they loved doing, but I can't go on a street corner and start reciting a monologue. Acting is very collaborative, and you always need other people with you - mainly an audience. "

" 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

" I so find Harold Pinter and David Mamet's writing to be exciting, and obviously there aren't that many female - at least with Mamet, there aren't that many good female roles. But I always thought it would be interesting to play one of the guy roles. "