Julia Stiles has learned a thing or two since becoming a mother - and her career in Hollywood has benefited because of parenthood. "Being a mother is such good training for being a director," Stiles,

The longtime Hollywood star opens up about her "energized" transition into a new leadership role behind-the-scenes with her "Wish You Were Here" film.

Julia Stiles had long thought of making her feature directorial debut, but it took a special story to make it happen. The film follows the story of Charlotte (Isabelle Fuhrman), a woman whose life is forever altered after a whirlwind night with Adam (Mena Massoud).

It always feels sort of mean to criticize art that comes from a genuinely good place and has an inarguably empathetic message, but I was certainly tested by Wish You Were Here, yet another maudlin terminal-illness romance that works really,