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" I was meant to make music in my soul way younger than I did. I was just scared because I knew it would take more of me than anything else. But I was all into facing my fears. "

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Religion

Cops

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" I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm actually kind of goofy. "

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

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

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I Love

Older

" I collect clothes - they keep building and building. I buy them instead of having them washed. "

" 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. "

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

" Whatever I do, I'm always struggling to create a visceral experience. With my music, I'm more of a live performer these days. And film is such a different thing. It's where people sit in a dark theater. I want them to feel me as viscerally as if they were at a live show. "

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Experience

Live

" 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. "

" Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles. "

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

" I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress. "

Juliette Lewis

Love

World

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

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

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Success

Film

" Sometimes I want to control things more than I'm able to. "

" 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 knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well. "

" Over time, I've loved jazz, Miles Davis and Chet Baker, then Janis and Jimi and Creedence, then classic rock. "

" My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy. "

" 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. "

" I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people. "

" I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do. "

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

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Self

Dramatic