Julia Roberts Biography

On herself:

“I’m just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.”

“I get dressed up like a doll, a nice man puts lipstick on me and I say words - it’s deeply satisfying.”

“You know I’m like a total geek, right? First of all, I sit on the set and knit. It’s a very social hobby, as opposed to reading at work - I can chat with people and still be fully engaged.”

“The first time I ever felt famous was when I went to the movies with my mom. I had gone to the loo, and someone in the bathroom said in a very loud voice, “Girl in stall no. 1, were you in Mystic Pizza?” I paused and said, “yeah, that was me.”

“I wouldn’t do nudity in films. To act with my clothes on is a performance, to act with my clothes off is a documentary.”

On her looks:

“I’ve sort of grown into my cuteness.”

“I just don’t feel that my algebra teacher should ever know what my butt looks like.”

“My real hair colour is a sort of dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair.”

“I’m too tall to be a girl, I never had enough dresses to be a lady, I wouldn’t call myself a woman. I’d say I’m somewhere between a chick and a broad.”

On motherhood:

“It’s heaven, truly…we were rehearsing one day, and we had just moved into the theatre, and it was dark out here, and I was on stage and suddenly I hear, “Mama!” And Hazel had come in and in the dark just to hear this little voice, and it’s incredibly amazing.”

On politics:

“He’s embarrassing, he’s not my president. He will never be my president.” (Talking about President George Bush.)

Others:

“I think it’s dangerous to talk in the big generalities of sexisms and face lift-isms. You really have to speak only from your own experience. And my experience so far has been ridiculously nice. Yeah, do the boys get paid more? Yes. But do we all get paid too much? Yes. I’m confused at what I’m supposed to complain about.”

“You can be true to the character all you want, but you’ve got to go home with yourself.”