Julia Roberts, a well-established actress, shares that at the start of her career she came across people in the industry who she described as “cruel.”

In an interview with People, she shares, “I don’t think I entered into my career with much confidence. I encountered early on, not a lot but a few critical people who were really cruel.” 

The star continues, “And it was a really interesting challenge for me to decide the kind of person I wanted to strive to be.”

“So it was so much more about who I wanted to be as opposed to what kind of career I wanted to have,” Julia notes. 

“And then I wanted to take the person that I wanted to build and put that person into these different situations of work life,” the actress adds.

Those experiences, Julia says, steeled her enough to move ahead in her career. “Of course, even then, I would have shreds of gratitude. I would think, ‘Okay, there’s a reason why it has to be so hard.'” 

“Now I look at it as some of the lessons that I’m the most grateful for because they proved my endurance to myself.”

In the industry, the Notting Hill actress says the need to be emotionally strong is a key to success. 

“Being insecure, it can be crippling. So if someone embarrassed me, it stopped me. I was apoplectic, so learning to navigate that — because this is not an industry to be in if you can’t take criticism or harshness or being embarrassed,” she concludes.

Julia’s upcoming movie After the Hunt will open in cinemas, though limited, on October 10, and then it will get a wide release on October 17.

Actor and producer Channing Tatum joins “CBS Mornings” with director Derek Cianfrance to discuss their new Paramount Pictures film “Roofman,” based on the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, who robbed more than 40 McDonald’s locations by cutting through their roofs and later hid inside a Toys R Us for six months.

Prince William has just dropped a major hint about the state of his relationship with Prince Harry, given their ongoing rift.

The whole thing has been brought to light by the prince himself, during his interview with Eugene Levy, for The Reluctant Traveler.

In that chat the heir was asked about media intrusion and was quoted saying, “I hope we don’t go back to some of the practices in the past that Harry and I had to grow up in. And I’ll do everything I can to make sure we don’t regress in that situation.”

What is pertinent to mention is that, Prince William has remained tight-lipped about his younger brother for more than a year. Even when he met with King Charles in the UK, the Prince of Wales was not present.

Royal historian, Robert Lacey also spoke to People Magazine about this rare mention and said, “they are clearly part of the past.He talked about his brother in the past, as part of his life — not in the future.”

A similar stance was also shared by royal biographer Andrew Morton whose said, “If you want the prince to talk openly, you avoid asking about his brother.”