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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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" 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. "

Juliette Lewis

Always

Outsider

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

" 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 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wrote songs when I was little, and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet. "

" 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. "

" My dad was lackadaisical on the discipline front. I dropped out of everything at school. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

Juliette Lewis

Music

My Soul

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

Juliette Lewis

I Am

Adventurous

" 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. "

" Not all detectives are the same - some play bad cop, some are awkward, some are funny. "

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

" Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever. "

" 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. "

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