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" I grew up in Hollywood in an apartment. Then in Tarzana, California, on a mini ranch where we owned horses and chickens. "
Juliette Lewis
California
Chickens
Hollywood
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" Why I talk so seriously about art is that art is the only thing that helps people stay alive, and it is the only thing that has allowed people to create joy in this insane, suppressive universe. And art is the only thing that they can't get rid of. They've tried, but ultimately they can't stamp it out. "
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" My dad instilled in me to naturally question all authority. I don't follow anything blindly. That's religion, cops, doctors, schools, you name it. "
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" My first tour I did was The Warped Tour, and I was likening myself to the bearded lady at the circus because not only was I an actor touring, doing rock n' roll, but I was also a female front person making really muscular, male-dominated rock music. "
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" I've always been an outsider. I've always been attracted to roles that would challenge me and that wouldn't come around very often. "
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" I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no poker face. "
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" It's not my nature to dominate and bully. "
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" I'm expressive and animated. "
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" Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance. "
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" TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can. "
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" I don't care about labels or anything. "
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" My brother has endless footage of us as kids because he had a video camera when we were growing up. The trippiest part was my younger self predicting my future path, like a truth-seer. "
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" Some of my greatest memories are of sleep-away camp; I did that three summers in a row when I was, like, 9,10, and 11. "
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Greatest
" I was scared by social media - just scared of what I might attract. Once I broke onto that thing, because I needed it for my band to tell people about shows, I realized, 99 percent of the time, people are funny, clever, inventive, beautiful. "
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" Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole. "
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Like
" Of course I grew up with the 'Vacation' movie with the legendary Anthony Michael Hall. "
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" The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit. "
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" I'm really into coconut oil for everything. I cook it, eat it, put it in my hair, and use it as body lotion. I put it on my face, too - day cream, night cream, whatever. I love the smell. It reminds me of the beach. I'm not particular on what brand as long as it's organic. "
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Day
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" I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do. "
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" I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life. "
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" When I do a film, usually I work from my director. That's my boss. The director is interpreting the writer's vision, and we all interpret it, and they create their own vision as well. "
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" I think I can be beautiful with all the little stuff done, and I can be ugly. A lot of attractive actresses can't be ugly. "
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" I've always been the opposite of mainstream. I march to my own beat. It's the only way I know. "
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" I don't approach anything I do like an academic. I'm not trained, and I work with intuition a great deal. "
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" So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer. "
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" The mainstream media is funded by pharmaceutical companies, so when you have the biggest movie star in the world at the time - Tom Cruise - coming out against anti-depressants and Ritalin... they still brutalize him. "
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" All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life. "
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" Sometimes I want to control things more than I'm able to. "
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" My parents are just the best. "
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