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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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" I've never been like Angelina Jolie, who at one time was spewing out this prototype Bad Girl stuff for people to consume. I've never boxed myself in that way. People can create boxes for me by all means, but it doesn't mean I'm going to step inside them. "

Juliette Lewis

People

Myself

Step

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

Juliette Lewis

Rock

Band

" I'm always fighting the cup-is-half-empty way of being, versus the cup-is-half-full. I'm always fighting the pessimistic versus the positive. "

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

" I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no poker face. "

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

Juliette Lewis

Vacation

Hall

" It's only artists who can help artists. "

" My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure. "

" In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I have such a beautiful, strong family and friends, and they are like everything to me. "

" I just care about what I get to unearth and what makes me uncomfortable and what makes me grow because, ultimately, I just don't want to ever play it safe. "

Juliette Lewis

Uncomfortable

Play

" Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude. "

" 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. "

" I'm actually very moral and nurturing, but I'm also adventurous. I am challenging. "

Juliette Lewis

I Am

Adventurous

" Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole. "

Juliette Lewis

Collective

Hole

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

" I'm expressive and animated. "

Juliette Lewis

Expressive

Animated

" It always surprises me when people say, 'I don't regret one thing about my life. I wouldn't change anything because it's all led me to where I am today.' I would want to change certain things that have caused others pain. "

" I'm so used to naysayers. "

Juliette Lewis

Used

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

" I only wear SPF if I'm going to the beach. "

" It's not my nature to dominate and bully. "

" I didn't like school at all. I never liked the seven different classes system. I liked having just one, like in elementary school - less disruption. I liked history. I failed math and science and gave those teachers a hard time. "

" 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. "

" My only after-school job before I got into acting was babysitting. I had younger brothers and sisters. "

" 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. "