Julia Stiles - ‘I struggled with body issues. It’s such a waste of f***ing time’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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For many of us who grew up in the the 90s, Julia Stiles was an integral part of our coming of age. Her portrayal of the clever, acerbic Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You was a radical reinvention of the blonde teenage female rom-com lead. Her roles in Save The Last Dance and Mona Lisa Smile spoke to our adolescent feminist awakenings and catapulted Stiles to stardom. And, just like the heroines she played, Stiles chose to do things a bit differently. At the height of her teenage fame, she went to study English at Columbia University, continuing to act throughout her degree, most notably in the first of four Jason Bourne films. Her latest project is her directorial debut - the feature film, Wish You Were Here, which Stiles also produced and co-wrote. As a mother of three, Stiles said that her parenting informed her ability to direct. Wish You Were Here is available now to rent or own on digital platforms. Grief, how to stop caring what everyone thinks and discussing the most difficult times in their lives - Elizabeth and Julia answer YOUR questions in our subscriber series, Failing with Friends. Join our community of subscribers here: https://howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code [howtofail] at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/howtofail ⛵ Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Mix Engineer: Josh Gibbs Studio Engineer: Sam Bair Producer: Hannah Talbot Executive Producer: Carly Maile How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, my wonderful listeners and viewers. This is a quick reminder to let you know that I've got a very special subscriber show failing with friends where my fantastic guests get to be agony, aunts, uncles or non-binary advice givers. You can join us there just by following the link in the show notes.
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0:39.0	skin, hair and nails. However, from our mid-20s, the body produces less and less collagen and loses
0:45.6	1% per year. Collagen production decreases dramatically up to the age of 40, and women lose 30% of
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1:58.6	Hello and welcome to How to Fail. This is the podcast where every week I ask a new guest
2:03.9	about three times they think they've failed in their life and what, if anything, they learn
2:08.7	along the way. Food and all that stuff was so stressful. It was always, I just like couldn't
2:14.8	help but have a disordered relationship with it all.
2:18.1	I dance all the time in my house, in my living room.
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