HollywoodChicago.com: How do your early days as a dancer help you to navigate the rigors of show business?
Julia Jones: The first thing that comes to mind is the discipline, there is nothing more emotionally, physically and mentally demanding then ballet. You have to push yourself so far as an actor, and you have to deal with a harsh reality, like people being mean to you, and my Russian ballet teachers were really good training for that. [laughs]
HollywoodChicago.com: What has been the most surreal element of being put into The Twilight Saga spotlight?
Jones: For me, just how fast everything changed. I feel sometimes like I’m on a low-grade drug all the time. It’s just that my new reality is different, there is so much more energy hurled at you on a daily basis than before.
HollywoodChicago.com: The movie ‘Hell Ride’ (2007) was is a particularly interesting addition to your filmography. What can you relate about director Larry Bishop and his vision for that film?
Jones: Larry is a piece of work. He’s a wonderful writer and I responded to that script when I read it. I’d never read anything like it. I respect him for that, he does have a very unique vision.
HollywoodChicago.com: How do you connect to your Native American blood? What issues in that heritage are you most interested in?
Jones: There are so many. The one that comes closest to me in the midst of Twilight is there is a lack of representation for Native Americans in the media and what has been in the media thus far is generally misrepresentation. So I am excited that as part of Twilight it showcases young Native characters that are contemporary. People think we’re cool and that actually is a first in a lot of ways.
HollywoodChicago.com: Did you ever stop at some point, look around and think ‘how did I get here?’
Jones: I would say with Twilight I do it on a weekly basis. [laughs]
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