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" 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. "

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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. "

Juliette Lewis

Brother

Path

Self

" I don't make an effort to be sloppy. I just don't consider a perfect hairdo and a perfect face to be beautiful. If I had my way I'd dress myself and do my own makeup for magazine shoots. "

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

" All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'm so used to naysayers. "

Juliette Lewis

Used

" 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. "

" I have people come up to me who love 'The Other Sister,' or 'Old School,' or 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape.' "

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

" We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock! "

" As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform. "

" I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel. "

" I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady. "

" Of course I grew up with the 'Vacation' movie with the legendary Anthony Michael Hall. "

Juliette Lewis

Vacation

Hall

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

" If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?' "

" I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't a bad thing. "

" Nobody would know it to look at me, but the movies I liked as a kid were musicals - 'All That Jazz,' 'Hair,' 'Fame,' 'Annie,' all that stuff - that's where my little youthful imagination was. "

" I didn't think my success from film was going to translate at all, musically. In fact, it worked against me. "

Juliette Lewis

Success

Film

" I hate dates. It becomes a weird auditioning process. And I've never had normal dating. "

" Although I missed home, North Carolina is a spectacular place to spend four months. Wilmington has a great downtown area. It is not too small town or too big city. The people were really welcoming and nice. The weather was lovely. "

" In acting, you have a writer, a director, a character - you're working through being another person - and the irony I always tell people is when I acted early on as a teenager, it actually kept me out of trouble. "

Juliette Lewis

Irony

People

" 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. "

" I experience so many feelings and emotions when I tour. It's the most amazing and also the most lonely thing you can do. "

" When you become famous at 19, it does a number in your head, so you find romance in the mundane - isn't it so great that a guy would pick me up at my house and take me to a restaurant? "

" For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And I just did it. "

" I don't want a tan, but I do love blushes in colors that give you that whole sun-kissed thing. "

" TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can. "