Oprah talks to Julia  (Part II)

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[Clip is shown from Runaway Bride]

Oprah: yeah, that's a good scene. People love seeing you together. What was it like working again together?

Julia: Bizarre you know, I was like a grown up person this time around. So it was really kinda bizarre. Like he and Gary sort of stayed the same and I got taller and.. thinner and.. I was like a different person. You know, I just talked more, cause when we did "Pretty Woman", it was just really uhm, listening to everybody else's ideas and being to scared to really, fully participate verbally. And in this, they just couldn't shut me up. "oh what about this and what if we tried this and what if I say this and what if we do this and…" you know.

Oprah: Now do you get the reputation, I've had this, that happened to me. That if you're a woman and do that, they say you're a bitch, but when you're a man and do that, they say : "Aggressive, thank you for those ideas, for being so assertive, we really appreciate that." Does that ever happen to you?

Julia: yeah but uhm... I have really good ideas. (Audience laughs)

Oprah: so do I. I know. So the question is, are you difficult to work with?

Julia: No, I think I'm fun.

Oprah: What would other people say?

Julia: I think people that have worked with me would say that I'm fun. Yeah, and people that haven't actually worked with me would say I'm difficult, cause they're just jealous.

(Audience laughs, then Julia starts laughing too.)

Oprah: I first met Julia 11 years ago when she did Steel Magnolias and I remember thinking at the time, awesome, awesome, awesome. We pulled a clip from uh, our first interview.

Julia: oh my God!

Oprah: Yeah, no telling what our hair's gonna look like