When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions that had been happening all over the world, and how computers and the internet had helped those movements. He encouraged me to read a book about Anonymous, the hacker group called "white hat" hackers, meaning they're driven by ideology and social disruption as opposed to just greed.
Julia StilesI did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleannaยญ - the one you saw - we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.
Julia StilesIโve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.
Julia StilesBeing an actor is looked at like a prolonged game of dress-up. America puts movie stars on pedestals. In college, it's the flip side. I sometimes have to justify my job to my professors because they're focused on intellect and ideas.
Julia Stiles