Julia Stiles Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I always feel like a goofy little kid.

I don't think it's easy, but if we keep on demanding that we need to have it all, then we'll get there, I'm sure.

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

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

I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.

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

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.

I'm really happy, like a dream come true for me. Life's good, so I can't complain.

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.

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.

What I look for in a guy is passion and ambition and there's nothing sexier than intellect, so hopefully that would be reciprocated.

Trivia

Julia is fluent in Spanish, speaks some German and says she “kind of understands” Italian.

In May 29, 2006, Julia throw the first pitch before the game between the New York Mets and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Shea Stadium in New York.

Julia started her acting career in New York at the La Mama Theater (where she participated in play like Everyday Newt Berman, Sandalwood Box, Photo Op) and the Kitchen Theater.

Julia doesn't own a car and doesn't think she needs one.

During her hiatus from Save the Last Dance(2001), she signed up with Habitat for Humanity International, an organization that builds homes for the needy.

Julia is set to reprise her role from The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy films in the third of the Bourne films The Bourne Ultimatum.

Julia enjoys reading John Steinbeck.

One of her classmates is Anna Paquin.

Julia's astrological sign is Aries.

Julia was paid $4,000,000 for A Guy Thing.

In 2001 People magazine voted her one of the '50 Most Beautiful People'.

She started acting at the age of 11.

Julia dated her 10 Things I Hate About You co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Julia has appeared in three Shakespeare remakes.

Julia tried out for the role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man before Kirsten Dunst got the part.