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Julia Stiles

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 28, 1981

Julia Roberts taught me how to knit on the set of 'Mona Lisa Smile.'

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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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Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

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Dating in college and dating in Hollywood are actually really similar in that the relationships don't last long. Other than that, lots of people in Hollywood tend to be narcissistic, and it's hard to have a relationship with someone like that.

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I actually have this fantasy of giving up my cell phone.

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I always feel like a goofy little kid.

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

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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.

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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.

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I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going.

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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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If Beyonce needs another back up dancer, I mean, I could make time.

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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.'

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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.

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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.

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I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.

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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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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.

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There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.

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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.

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