Oversized and knee socks
In 1989, Julia appeared in an unusual image. The bizarre combination of a loose sweater, black transparent knee socks and lace-up shoes could easily end up in the category of fashion failures. But the actress was able to correctly present the image. Maybe it's all about her radiant smile?
This look could well be repeated in 2020. Oversized is in fashion, and the unusual combination of textures remains relevant to this day.
"Pretty Woman", 1990
Another outfit from the movie “Pretty Woman”. This time a bright suit with shorts.
Tall and slender Julia looks incredible on various jackets and blazers. And her long legs look perfect in shorts, a skirt, and strict straight trousers.
By the way, the actress very often uses such images both in everyday life and at social events. And we remind you that trouser suits are one of the main trends this year!
For the main film award
In 2001, Roberts received the main trophy for any actor - the Oscar. The happy laureate posed in front of photographers in a chic Valentino dress.
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The black and white outfit favorably emphasized the celebrity’s slender figure. Julia once again proved that she is not only a movie star, but also a style icon.
Julia Roberts' rules of life
The last thing I would like to do is spend this wonderful morning talking about me.
I try to say very little. Because ultimately I get bored of myself very quickly.
Quite often people mistake me for something other than who I am. Many people think I'm a bitch. Probably because I'm tall and educated. But few people like them.
I learned that my father had cancer I was ten then, and no one specifically said anything to me. They just took me to my grandfather’s house and there they said that my father was no more. Probably, it was then that I first realized that life can change in one moment - and just when you don’t expect it at all. Here you are sitting at home with your mother, laughing, playing, hugging her, and then, a minute later, you are asked to put on your best outfit, put in a car and you find out that you no longer have a father.
Unfortunately, children tend to blame themselves for their parents' mistakes.
It seems to me that very often it is not great teachers who help you form, but, on the contrary, their absence. Just like those moments when you are ignored are much more important than those when you are celebrated.
Few people believe this , but in college I was the last of the group to kiss a boy, and until I was 20 I didn’t even know what a lesbian was.
The expression “less is more” , in my opinion, is most suitable for kissing in films.
I'm too tall to be considered a girl, I don't have enough clothes to be a lady, and I would never call myself a woman. I'm something between an aunt and a chick.
I have an interesting job: they dress me up like a doll, and then funny men paint my lips and tell me all sorts of nice things.
In fact, it's quite rare for people to recognize me on the street. Moreover, very often when I meet someone for the first time, I have to say: “Good afternoon! Aren't you waiting for me? I'm Julia."
Unlike most stars, I never wear dresses through which you can read the newspaper if you want. I dress like a simple person. Many people say: “This Roberts dresses worse than my neighbor,” and at such moments I want to say: “I wonder, my dear, who did you choose to be your neighbor?” But usually I hold back.
Very often you get used to the role so much that even when you leave the set, you don’t stop living your role. You come to a cafe, sit down at a table, and they don’t bring you coffee for ages, and you urgently need damn caffeine and all that. And so you stop the waiter and, unexpectedly for yourself, instead of the usual “Excuse me, but did you forget about my order?” suddenly you say: “Well, where’s my damn cappuccino? Are you all crazy here? Should I fucking wait for my coffee until the second coming? Or are you protecting me because you think coffee will make me as ugly as you?”
Actually, I'm crazy. For example, on the set, during breaks, I sit down and knit. It seems to me that such a hobby is not without a social component - unlike those who sit down to leaf through magazines, I can carry on a conversation.
I love lying at press conferences.
On the set of Erin Brockovich, I was paid a lot of money for unshaven armpits. According to the contract, each hair was worth a pre-agreed amount. I just forgot what the amount was.
I am often asked, is it true that men in films get more? The short answer is: yes.
At that moment, when suddenly I began to receive a lot of money, nothing changed in my life. Besides the fact that everyone around me began to ask what changed in my life after I started earning more.
It is believed that fame is something like leprosy. You suddenly realize that you can’t show yourself in public, go to usual places, or generally do what you’re used to. But if you ignore it and continue to do what you are used to, then gradually you will understand that it is not at all necessary to sacrifice your freedom. And those who claim that this is not so, in my opinion, are simply assholes.
I find it funny when I hear people say, “I don’t think Julia has a very good opinion of me.” To each such person I really want to say: “Darling, if I didn’t have a very good opinion of you, you would know about it for sure.”
I could probably do aesthetic dental restoration. And then not a single bad word would appear in the newspapers about me. But it just so happened that I began to do something completely different.
The press is not as aggressive now as it used to be. But her stupidity progresses so rapidly that sometimes she wants everything to be the same.
I will never pose nude. Appearing in front of an audience in clothes is an artistic performance; appearing naked is a documentary film. Besides, I don't want my algebra teacher to know what my ass looks like.
I love hats. Especially for those with dirty hair.
My favorite curse word is “h***os” . It has some style. And it’s definitely more harmless than “butt fucking.”
I think I look cute.
The fact that I look normal after giving birth is not because I'm on some crazy diet or doing a million exercises every morning. I owe my shape 97 percent to genes and only 3 percent to the fact that I sometimes move my butt. In my entire life, I have never seen a single cake that I didn’t like.
I don’t at all want to forge little geniuses, or little actors, or little successful businessmen out of my children. I want children to burst into the house dirty, and they would smell of sweat, dust and sun.
I myself can’t believe that I have three children. But I'm happy that before I started them, I had a twenty-year film career. However, who says that it ended with the birth of children?
Of the two main parts of show business, I prefer to stay in the show.
Very often from a variety of people I hear “Your agent will never be your friend.” Or: “He puts your money in his pocket.” Believe me, this is a lie. Just like the fact that all producers are assholes and perverts. I have worked with many and confirm that this is not the case. My brother once told me the smartest thing about this: “Remember, this is business, not friendship. And everything will fall into place.”
Before filming Pretty Woman, I talked a lot with prostitutes and I can tell you that their dreams and hopes for the future are much purer and more beautiful than those of most of those I know at work.
It is very important to learn how to do at least something with your hands.
I would never act in a shampoo commercial. But I like the shampoos they give out in hotels. A friend of mine once asked: “Julia, your hair is so gorgeous! What kind of shampoo do you use? “Yes, to the ones I pick up from hotel rooms,” I said. And then she took out a notepad: “Oh, what’s the name of this hotel?”
I don't like talking about other people's boobs.
When I have a choice between normality and madness, I choose madness.
I never know for sure what truly shocks this or that person. Some time ago, at a press conference, I was seriously asked if I could star in a film called “X**”. It was a punch in the gut. I said: “You know, it looks like I’m not ready for this after all.” In fact, I can’t even imagine what a movie with that title could be about, but what really worried me was something else: I’d have to call my mom and say: “Mommy, hi, I’m at X** now!”
The term “Republican” appears in the dictionary right between the words “reptile” and “recidivist.”
I love cleaning around the house. If you shit, then it's up to you to clean up.
I settled in perfectly. I'm rich. I'm happy. I have a great job. There are wonderful, interesting people around me, and I wander around the most amazing countries for my own pleasure. I'm doing well, and it would probably just be dishonest to pretend to be someone else.
Actually, any normal person should give a damn about everything I say. I never understood why people are so interested in the opinions of stars on any worthless matter. Hundreds of actors talk about what they think about politics, religion, this and that. And everyone listens to them as carefully as even the Jews did not listen to Moses.
Anyone who doesn't like to laugh usually has a morgue tag dangling from their big toe.
I'm pretty sure people don't want to see me in a bikini.
I don’t think I can just name my favorite Bob Dylan song right off the bat.
As children, we all knew how to talk to animals.
Childhood and early years
Julia Roberts was born into a very poor family and was the third child; at birth she was given the name Julie. Her father was a writer and actor by vocation, had a small acting school for children, but made his living by selling water mattresses. My mother was very pious and was a secretary in a church parish.
When Julia was four years old, her parents divorced. The mother soon remarried. According to Julia’s elder brother, also an actor Eric Roberts, their stepfather was very cruel to them: he beat and mocked them. Julia herself never talked about this out of respect for her mother and younger sister, who was born into a new family.
Julia's father also soon married, but the couple did not live long: her stepmother died in an accident in 1977, and Julia's father died a few months after her from stomach cancer.
As a teenager, Julia went to work, at the age of 13, as a waitress at a local pizzeria. At the same time, she studied at Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, then at Griffin High School, and subsequently at Campbell College in Smyrna.
While studying at school, she took part in beauty contests several times, but did not achieve much success. At the same time, she was very inspired by her brother’s first attempts at acting.
Therefore, after graduating from college, Julia enters a university in Georgia and moves to New York. There she lives with her older sister and is looking for a way to appear in films.
In New York, she signed a contract with the Click modeling agency and at the same time took acting classes.
The most expensive actress of our time
But a year later, Julia Roberts fills movie theaters thanks to the film “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” After it, the following films with her participation also enjoyed great success with viewers: “Runaway Bride”, where she again appears opposite Richard Gere, “Notting Hill” - with Hugh Grant, as well as “Ocean’s Eleven” - where you can hardly see not the most popular actors of the time.
But all these films did not bring her as much popularity as the film “Erin Brockovich”. The film is nominated for five Oscars, including Julia Roberts for Best Actress in a Leading Role. And Roberts finally receives his first golden statuette of a man with a sword. For the same role she was awarded the third Golden Globe and a BAFTA award.
The popularity of the actress also influenced her fees. So for “Mona Lisa Smile” Roberts received a huge sum at that time - $25 million. This fee made her the highest paid actress of our time. But this does not mean at all that she refuses to participate in films with a very modest budget.
Roberts also enjoys casting movie scripts and looking for interesting stories. So, with her own money, she bought the rights to the film adaptation of the best-selling book “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elisabeth Gilbert. In the film, she played the role of the main character, who is looking for the meaning of life while traveling from country to country.
In 2013, she was again nominated for an Oscar for her role in the drama “August. Osage County”, where she played alongside Meryl Streep. The same role brought her nominations for the Golden Globe and BAFTA.
Now fans of Roberts are waiting for the release of the film “Miracle”, where, together with Owen Wilson, they play the parents of a boy born with a terrible facial deformity. The film is due out in the summer of 2017.
