Then why do it? It's been two years since Roberts detonated into her Oscar-night giggle fit, winning Best Actress for ''Erin Brockovich.'' And her films have made a total of nearly $2 billion at the box office. What does she have left to prove?
''There's almost nothing now that is more attractive to me than staying home. And I've already started to work less. I mean, I'm 35 years old and I'm able to see the ridiculousness in myself: I go to work, I get dressed up like a doll, a nice man puts lipstick on my mouth, and I say words. It's an elaborate dress-up. I mean, it's deeply satisfying to me. But there is this part of me that sometimes thinks, 'What am I doing?'''
When asked if it's hard for the onetime ''Pretty Woman'' ingenue to be den mother to a trio of younger stars like Stiles, 22, Gyllenhaal, 25, and Dunst, 21, Roberts laughs. ''They look like babies to me. One day I said to Maggie, 'I feel like Elizabeth Montgomery's drunk sister' and she was like, 'Who's Elizabeth Montgomery?' After that, I could hear my back creaking.''
Is that why you want to work less in the future?
''Oh, God, I see where this is going. I can just see your headline now: JULIA ROBERTS RETIRES!''
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