I was born in Berlin on March 15, 1830, the second son of the royal university professor K. W. L. Heyse and his wife Julie, nee Saaling, who came from a Jewish family.
My first big disappointment is always, why don’t I look like Julie Christie? Then I realise I don’t look remotely like Julie Christie, and that’s always a great sadness to me. Because I used to think I might have done, at one time. And I’m too fat. And I’m too old. You always see your faults, you see.
Kai was always dead and gone. That was always the plan. That was the plan when I signed on for the role. That was the plan once I was talking to Julie when the role was coming to a close. It was always, ‘He dies and is actually gone.’
‘What’s the Use’ is normally done with all the women onstage with Julie. Sometimes it’s staged as a ‘lay at my feet, dear children, and let me tell you the ways of life.’ We felt like that wasn’t really what was going on.
I got to sing for Julie Andrews when I was a senior in college. I was singing some of her songs for an audition and wasn’t expecting her to be there, so when I walked in, I barely avoided peeing myself.
I loved Mia Hamm, and I really looked up to Julie Foudy as well, who is one of my mentors.
Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written… I went home and began writing ‘Julie of the Wolves.’
When we were working on ‘Julie & Julia,’ I went back to the Julia Child cookbook and made some things I haven’t made in a while, one being beef bourguignon, which to me is a hilariously 1960s dish that everyone felt they had to serve at a dinner party or they weren’t a grown-up.
Don’t compare me to veteran actor Lakshmi who immortalised Julie in director Sethumadhavan’s Chattakkari.’ It’s so unnerving.
Each film is different. Time Code was very quick – a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick – 16 days.
I was booed at the premiere of ‘Miss Julie,’ a remarkably stimulating experience.
Look at Julie Etchingham and Katie Derham, none of us are spring chickens frankly, I don’t think people want to watch someone who’s wet behind the ears, you have to look like you understand what you are reading about.
I’ve always had a thing about Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, and Imelda Staunton. I’m hoping to follow in their footsteps.
My wife Julie and I are driven to make positive and enduring change in our beloved city of Philadelphia, in California, in Haiti, and around the world.
Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.
My film ‘Ek Kahaani Julie Ki’ is based on Indrani Mukerjea’s life. It is inspired from it. I am so lucky because she’s my best friend.
My entire life’s journey has been hugely influenced by seeing Julie Andrews.
‘Kilikal Parannatho’ sung by Rajesh Krishnan, who sung ‘Julie I Love You’ in ‘Chattakari,’ is a personal favourite of mine.
My father died beside trees on iron rails… He had 77 dollars on him at the time, and we used the money for Thai takeout because, as my friend Julie says about times like this, ‘You still have to eat.’
I still absolutely love ‘The Sound of Music’ and anything with Julie Andrews in it.
Julie Dryfus and I were both afraid of heights and in one scene, I had to be quite high up and I was rather terrified, but Julie was very kind, encouraging me and we got through that together.
I had a couple of releases including Dil Ka Rishta,’ Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai,’ Madhoshi,’ and Julie,’ but they were badly released and went unnoticed.
One of my favorites is ‘The Sound of Music’. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.
Julie Andrews is so iconic, and I grew up watching ‘The Sound of Music’ – it’s every girl’s dream to play Maria, in a way, I think. That music!
When our executive producer, Julie Plec, told me I was going to become a hybrid I got really excited. Because there’s a lot of responsibility that comes with that, especially in our world of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ where Tyler is the first successful hybrid that’s made.
When I was told that I was being offered a role in ‘Miss Julie,’ I already knew I wanted to do it.
I hope that the message I conveyed in ‘Julie of the Wolves’ is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.
I’d love to tackle a classic Shakespeare play or take on Nora Helmer in ‘A Doll’s House.’ Musical theater, it’s the classics like Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter’s ‘Kiss Me Kate.’ I’m much more a Julie Andrews-type soprano than an Idina Menzel.
Julie’ is very close to my heart. I have worked really hard for it.
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