Juliette Lewis

“In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible.”

“My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy.”

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

“If someone tells you over and over that everything's great, you immediately think, 'OK, what's the rest of the story?'”

“I haven't made a career off my looks, thank God, but hopefully how I've moved people emotionally, the directors I've been able to work with, and the stories I've been a part of.”

“My dad instilled in me to naturally question all authority. I don't follow anything blindly. That's religion, cops, doctors, schools, you name it.”

“I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no poker face.”

“I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.”

“I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies.”

“I grew up in Hollywood in an apartment. Then in Tarzana, California, on a mini ranch where we owned horses and chickens.”

“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.”

“Some of my greatest memories are of sleep-away camp; I did that three summers in a row when I was, like, 9,10, and 11.”

“My first tour I did was The Warped Tour, and I was likening myself to the bearded lady at the circus because not only was I an actor touring, doing rock n' roll, but I was also a female front person making really muscular, male-dominated rock music.”

“In detective land, you have to deal with a lot of intense emotions, so you yourself have to remain mostly unemotional and detached. These are people, like law enforcement and surgeons, in professions that don't have the luxury of being able to be emotional or to break down. In my line of work, it's almost a requirement.”

“The old footage of my dad, I always knew we were cut from the same cloth, because my dad was such a renegade and always marched to the beat of his own drum. To see where we were both dancing and being silly together, it's too beautiful for words. I was really happy to have that.”

“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.”

“When I do a film, usually I work from my director. That's my boss. The director is interpreting the writer's vision, and we all interpret it, and they create their own vision as well.”

“Acting is me, but music is even more me. It's everything.”

“All this primal energy people respond to in me and my characters is in my music, 10 times more.”

“We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock!”