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'…

- Julia Stiles

As an actor, you're only one little piece of the puzzle; you're fulfilling someone else's vision. If you're involved earlier on, you're kind of creat…

- Julia Stiles

I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the ne…

- Julia Stiles

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 secre…

- Julia Stiles

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 …

- Julia Stiles

I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.

- Julia Stiles

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

- Julia Stiles

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

- Julia Stiles

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.

- Julia Stiles