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Juliette Lewis Biography

Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American singer and actress. She gained fame for her role in Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of the thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. This followed with major roles in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, Strange Days, The Evening Star, Kalifornia, From Dusk till Dawn, The Other Sister and Conviction. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations.

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I was like twelve or something, when you first kiss a guy and you see the way the guy reacts, how they get really excited, or whatever. And I'm perceptive, so I think, "Ah, jeez, is that something that I'm able to do?"

Guy, Jeez, Kissing, See, Thinking, Way

My main objective was finding my individuality as a vocalist.

Finding, Findings, Individuality, Objective, Vocalist

I don't know what's more nerve-wracking, job insecurity or job security. There's opportunities and things you compromise with both. When I had endless freedom of schedule, or when I commit to a movie for two months, then I could manage my music and go on the road.

Insecurity, Jobs, Know, Opportunities, Opportunity, Two

I think I can be beautiful with all the little stuff done, and I can be ugly. A lot of attractive actresses can't be ugly.

Beautiful, Done, Stuff, Think, Thinking

I'm always revving the engine. In this industry, there are so many twists and turns. You never have it made.

Made, Revving, Turns, Twists

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.

Changed, Character, Characters, Girl, Real

[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive.

Brave, Care, Expressive, Ideas

The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.

Dream, Kids, Worst, Thing, Dreams, Invalid

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

Continuing, Die, Life, Mental Health, Mental Illness

Adults are just children sometimes. But evil, hurt children.

Adults, Children, Evil, Hurt

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.

Beautiful, Effort, Hairdo, Makeup, Perfect

With movies and TV, storytelling, it's a different medium. I really love it, but I'm one part of many, many pieces of that puzzle and a lot of it is out of my control.

Control, Different, Movies, Pieces, Puzzle, Tvs

All the musicians that I know want to act.

Act, Know, Knows, Musician, Musicians, Want

Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.

Artist, Beautiful, Create, Curse, Want

I had an upbringing in which I was allowed to be free and use my mind. My parents only helped me to be myself. It was only in my teenage years that I met people who made me start having doubts about who I was. They said you shouldn't be confident, you shouldn't be strong. It is only when you meet those other people that you lose confidence.

Doubts, Met, Parents, Strong, Teenage, Years

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

Decision, Focus, Future, Plan, World

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

Perfect, Play, Roles

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.

Acting, Character, People, Teenager

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

Five, Perform, Six, Wanted

My dad kept me away from people who treat children wrong. It's just amazing that there is such a way to raise a person without giving them complexes. But nobody does it. They think it should be the old school. But look at the products. Wouldn't it be great if you could avoid the complexes? Then you could deal with the complexes of life.

Children, Dad, Old, Old School, School, Treat

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