{"id":2076951,"date":"2025-10-08T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2076951"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:12:23","slug":"had-a-lot-of-things-i-needed-to-overcome-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/had-a-lot-of-things-i-needed-to-overcome-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Had a lot of Things I Needed to Overcome&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Julia Roberts tells PEOPLE she didn&#8217;t enter into her career &#8220;with much confidence&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>After the Hunt<\/em> actress notes, &#8220;This is not an industry to be in if you can&#8217;t take criticism or harshness or being embarrassed&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts says early challenges made her decide &#8220;who I wanted to be&#8221; as opposed to &#8220;the kind of career I wanted to have&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For nearly four decades, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/julia-roberts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Julia Roberts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Julia Roberts<\/a> has sparkled onscreen. She won an Oscar for her turn as an environmental activist in <em>Erin Brockovich<\/em>, becoming such a beloved star that her<em> After the Hunt<\/em> costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/andrew-garfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrew Garfield;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrew Garfield <\/a>calls her a \u201cnational treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, in a new PEOPLE interview, Roberts reveals she faced early struggles in her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I entered into my career with much confidence,\u201d says Roberts, 57, in a joint interview alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-actress-ayo-edebiri-7551934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ayo Edebiri;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ayo Edebiri<\/a>, who plays the student prot\u00e9g\u00e9e to her professor in<em> After the Hunt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I encountered early on, not a lot but a few critical people who were really cruel,&#8221; she adds, &#8220;and it was a really interesting challenge for me to decide the kind of person I wanted to strive to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Ron Batzdorff\/Touchstone<\/p>\n<p> Julia Roberts in &#8220;Pretty Woman&#8221; (1990)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo it was so much more about who I wanted to be as opposed to what kind of career I wanted to have,&#8221; she says. &#8220;And then I wanted to take the person that I wanted to build and put that person into these different situations of work life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roberts explains that it was &#8220;more bumps than smooth sailing&#8221; for her between ages 15 to 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Of course, even then, I would have shreds of gratitude. I would think, \u2018Okay, there&#8217;s a reason why it has to be so hard,&#8217; &#8221; she recalls. &#8220;Now I look at it as some of the lessons that I&#8217;m the most grateful for because they proved my endurance to myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Yannis Drakoulidis\/Amazon Ayo Edebiri and Julia Roberts in \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/T58ctJekn1SKRhJNQA.Lkw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/0d7d765d90ac606f9f75f23328c865eb\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Yannis Drakoulidis\/Amazon<\/p>\n<p> Ayo Edebiri and Julia Roberts in &#8220;After the Hunt&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adds Roberts, &#8220;Being insecure, it can be crippling. So if someone embarrassed me, it stopped me. I was apoplectic, so learning to navigate that\u00a0\u2014 because this is not an industry to be in if you can&#8217;t take criticism or harshness or being embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As a kid, she recalls staying up late one night to watch a trumpeter (she can\u2019t recall his name) perform for talk-show host Johnny Carson on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJohnny calls him over to the chair,\u201d she recalls. \u201cHe puts his instrument down and he starts to walk over and he trips and falls on the stage. And me, sitting in the safety of my own home, minding my own business, was &#8230; it might as well have happened to me. I felt it. What did I know? But I had a lot of things I needed to overcome for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reflecting on a career spanning multiple genres and directors, the mom of three says her choices were often about \u201cpersonal evolution and discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pausing, she sweetly looks at Edebiri, 30, and says with her signature laugh, \u201cDid I bring the mood down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo,\u201d says Edebiri, \u201cit&#8217;s beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>After the Hunt<\/em> is in select theaters Oct. 10, then everywhere Oct. 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>For more on Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, pick up this week&#8217;s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/julia-roberts-struggled-self-confidence-early-career-exclusive-11825688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Julia Roberts tells PEOPLE she didn&#8217;t enter into her career &#8220;with much confidence&#8221; The After the Hunt actress notes, &#8220;This is not an industry to be in if you can&#8217;t take criticism or harshness or being embarrassed&#8221; Roberts says early challenges made her decide &#8220;who I wanted to be&#8221; as opposed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2076952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[315896,344575,345279],"class_list":["post-2076951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-ayo-edebiri","tag-julia-roberts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Had-a-lot-of-Things-I-Needed-to-Overcome-Exclusive.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2076953,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076951\/revisions\/2076953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}