Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis
Juliette L. Lewis is an American actress and singer. 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, and The Other Sister. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 June 1973
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.
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.
Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.
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?"
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.'
I collect clothes-they keep building and building. I buy them instead of having them washed.
Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.
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.
The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.
[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.
I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.
All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life.
Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.