Julia Stiles on Manifesting a New Career Chapter

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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For millennial women, Julia Stiles needs no introduction. She portrayed some of our favorite characters growing up – like Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You and Sara in Save the Last Dance – and challenged one-dimensional portrayals of female characters. After two decades as an actor, Julia has taken her talents behind the camera to direct her first film, Wish You Were Here. Listen as she shares how she’s managed to stay grounded despite being a child actor, how she manifested her directorial debut, and why she has no regrets about taking her time to make it happen. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, shares: How growing up in New York City helped her maintain a grounded attitude Her decision to go to college instead of continuing her acting career Why Hustlers marked a new chapter of intention for her How being a mom was the best preparation for being a director Advice on how to be confident when you lack skills needed for a specific job Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5	I told Paul Greengrass about my short and that I was interested in directing and he was like,
0:35.6	nobody's going to tell you that you can do it. You have to be the one saying I'm directing. He said that's the first act of directing. And he was like, nobody's going to tell you that you can do it. You have to be the one saying I'm directing.
0:38.9	He said that's the first act of directing.
0:41.0	And that was like over 10 years ago.
0:43.0	And that's how long it took me to really do it.
0:47.3	I'm Carly Zakin.
0:48.8	And I'm Danielle Weissberg.
0:50.3	Welcome to 9 to 5-ish with the skin. We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice,
0:59.5	and we got it from women who'd been there.
1:02.9	And that's what we're bringing you at this show.
1:05.0	Each week, we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
1:09.3	leaders we know.
1:10.5	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
1:14.6	All right, let's get into it.
1:16.6	Hi everyone, today our guest is actress and director Julia Stiles.
1:22.6	I mean, before I even go into it, everyone knows who Julia Stiles is because we have all grown up being a fan of her movies.
1:31.6	But I will just for any of those that are maybe in the younger cohort, we will start from the beginning.
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