Juliette Lewis Quotes (22 Quotes)


    Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

    Being that we're both Method actors ... ... Basically it's like, 'Ten, nine, eight, seven do we go out now six, five ...'

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

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

    It was traumatic and lovely, ... My character is always trying to get his attention, and I think she feels connected to him because the town judges her for whatever reason and thinks she's a trollop, a tramp, whatever you want to call her.


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


    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.

    What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.

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

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

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

    We have some mutual friends in common in the skate-rebel-punk-weird world,

    Do you all know who Juliette and the Licks are We're all just a bunch of actors We act like we're in a band.

    I try to bring a fearlessness to it. It makes sense that I do music. I have a really solid band. I have to do this and I'm not going to stop so I don't even care. Whoever wants to talk shit, so be it. I say bring it on

    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.


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

    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.

    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.

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

    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.


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