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

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

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

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

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.
Juliette Lewis

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

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.
Juliette Lewis

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.
Juliette Lewis

I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady.
Juliette Lewis

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


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.
Juliette Lewis

Like everybody I have many different sides.
Juliette Lewis

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

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

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.
Juliette Lewis

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