American - Actress | June 21, 1973 -
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.
Juliette Lewis
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I've always been an outsider. I've always been attracted to roles that would challenge me and that wouldn't come around very often.
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I sort of got lucky in that I was able to carve a niche for myself.
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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.
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If you could place blame on entertainment for all the crimes people commit, you'd be in court all the livelong day.
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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.
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I've always been the opposite of mainstream. I march to my own beat. It's the only way I know.
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So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer.
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I've never been like Angelina Jolie, who at one time was spewing out this prototype Bad Girl stuff for people to consume. I've never boxed myself in that way. People can create boxes for me by all means, but it doesn't mean I'm going to step inside them.
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I was singing before I acted, but I was also attracted to drama, and, y'know, I got successful at that, which isn't a bad thing.
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Nobody would know it to look at me, but the movies I liked as a kid were musicals - 'All That Jazz,' 'Hair,' 'Fame,' 'Annie,' all that stuff - that's where my little youthful imagination was.
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Over time, I've loved jazz, Miles Davis and Chet Baker, then Janis and Jimi and Creedence, then classic rock.
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