Quotes By 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.

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

Like everybody I have many different sides.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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