Quotes from Julia Fox

Yeah, I feel as an artist, making a movie is the top of the food chain - that's the peak, the climax of everything.

My mom told me that even as a toddler I wasn't afraid of anything. She thought something was wrong with me. I didn't know how to walk or swim, but that didn't stop me from crawling into the ocean and almost drowning over and over again.

I've crossed paths with so many different people from all walks of life. Any situation you put me in, I can manage.

I can't sit around and be bitter all the time. I have to go out and create my own little world, one that won't change when I'm not ready for it to.

I'm just not the best employee, and I came to terms with that very young, and I realized that if I was going to be successful then I'd have to be my own boss and take control of my life.

If I have a free day, sometimes I'm just reading scripts all day. They pile up.

New York used to be a place where, if you were different, you were celebrated.

My dad always told me that I should have been an actress, but that wasn't really my main focus. I really love to be the director, the person in charge, making my fantasy come to life. But if I love someone else's fantasy, I'll definitely help them bring theirs to life, too.

I mean, life is kind of like your own movie. You collect your characters to play your friends or acquaintances, your lovers. You're the casting director of your own life.

In my pre-quarantine life, I would watch maybe, like, TV here and there, but I would never really fully commit to an entire movie because I can't really sit still for that long.

I want to conquer everything that I do.

I have that imposter syndrome.

Nightlife is, to me, a little synthetic, a little desperate?

I could be baking a cake and I'll do it a certain way. If you're just a creative person, it'll come out no matter what.

I think of myself as a creator, and I think that will always shine through in any medium that I decide to pick up. If you're creative and you're an artist, you could be doing anything and that creativity will shine.

Fashion is a little bit pretentious. Whereas I feel like movies are just fun. That's just my perspective, based off my experiences, obviously everyone has different experiences.

I kind of have a strange addiction to hair dryers. Like on the TV show, where they eat toilet paper or eat the wall or something - I'm addicted to hair dryers. Since I was 8 years old, I've used them to fall asleep. I love the white noise. I love the heat. It just puts me right to sleep.

I am a creative person, and knew my bigger picture would be writing, directing, and producing; that's what I've always thought I would get to one day.

Staten Island is like a different world. If you're from Staten Island, you're like not from New York, you're from Staten Island.

I want to explore myself in every facet.

As New York City kids, you lived fast and partied hard as teenagers - experiences that informed your design aesthetic.

I've always said that I've been acting my whole life, and everyone always told me, 'you should be an actress professionally.' I've heard that my whole life, so it's kind of cool to think, 'yeah, they were right.' I can do this and I'm good at it, and that feels really good.

I think fashion is a beautiful art.

I like cut-outs, I love knitwear. I just love things that make you feel good. I love looking sexy.