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" I think in my late 20s, I was starting to enter that realm of complacency, which is the most terrifying place I can imagine as an artist. I felt time creeping up on me. "

Juliette Lewis

Place

Complacency

Time

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Experience

Live

" I've always been the opposite of mainstream. I march to my own beat. It's the only way I know. "

" I grew up in Hollywood in an apartment. Then in Tarzana, California, on a mini ranch where we owned horses and chickens. "

" 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. "

" I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies. "

" I get lonely - I'm not going to lie about that... I kind of signed up in my mind that I'm giving myself wholeheartedly, full-throttle to my creative life, and I don't want to be distracted. "

" For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater. "

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Rock

Band

" It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket. "

" As a teenager I was severely, cripplingly dramatic and in search of self. "

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Self

Dramatic

" I haven't made a career off my looks, thank God, but hopefully how I've moved people emotionally, the directors I've been able to work with, and the stories I've been a part of. "

" I love L.A. I fall more in love with it as I get older. "

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I Love

Older

" When you say you grew up in Los Angeles, a lot of people think the west side: they think the glitz and all this stuff that I actually had no relationship to growing up. "

" 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. "

" Leaving your home can be a fear at times. You gotta make yourself get out. "

" I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself. "

" 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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Religion

Cops

" 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. "

" I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life. "

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" I thrive on adversity. "

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Adversity

Thrive

" 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. "

" I didn't build a career off my looks, thank God. "

" I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself. "

" Like everybody I have many different sides. "

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Sides

Different Sides

" The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. "