Julia Hartz Quotes

To be able to play and get loads of people together is really cool.

I think theater is a core need of a community.

Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

What bothers me is that there is so much emphasis on food, rather than gathering and meeting - so that there is all this effort in creating the right food, whereas the food is only a small part of whether the encounter is successful or not.

Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start.

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

Ask people to pitch in - hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

Big dress, cocktails, party - I love that. It is my work, but my work allow me to have glamour, to wear beautiful and amazing dresses, to go to big ceremonies.

I love connecting with the fan base and sharing my experiences.

Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.

For premieres, you get designers offering to dress you for the evening, which is nice.

I'm an educator. I'm an organizer.

Be in community, go out to dinner together, do things together. We lose that, we lose a lot. It's important to come together.

I always have my group of friends at the gym. We used to go hang out somewhere before. Now we're just hanging out at the gym. We have sparring parties where everyone beats each other up, but then we all eat my dad's cooking, and I hire a massage therapist, so everyone is just kicking back and having a good time. I just keep the environment great.

I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.

You never want to be caught off guard on the red carpet.

People are tweeting, texting, and e-mailing - and not connecting. There are very few ways for communities to come together. It happens at concerts and at sporting events.

As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.

I think I am very lucky to meet so many people and go to cool places and nice events. I am lucky to be in partnership with Hugo Boss and the team so I enjoy doing these events.

Ice cream brings people together.

At a very young age in Canada, I had mapped out that my mission in life and my passion was live events.

WeWork has always believed that we are better together, and a large part of that is learning from others through meaningful connections and experiences.

I like to create events where people are going to make memories, and that always starts and ends with food in my life.

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.