I didn't build a career off my looks, thank God.
— Juliette Lewis
When you say you grew up in Los Angeles, a lot of people think the west side: they think the glitz and all this stuff that I actually had no relationship to growing up.
My dad was lackadaisical on the discipline front. I dropped out of everything at school.
My only after-school job before I got into acting was babysitting. I had younger brothers and sisters.
I grew up in Hollywood in an apartment. Then in Tarzana, California, on a mini ranch where we owned horses and chickens.
I'm always fighting the cup-is-half-empty way of being, versus the cup-is-half-full. I'm always fighting the pessimistic versus the positive.
I didn't think my success from film was going to translate at all, musically. In fact, it worked against me.
In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible.
Some people can't connect with their own emotions.
I'm so used to naysayers.
Although I missed home, North Carolina is a spectacular place to spend four months. Wilmington has a great downtown area. It is not too small town or too big city. The people were really welcoming and nice. The weather was lovely.
Not all detectives are the same - some play bad cop, some are awkward, some are funny.
My eyebrows are a mess. They're skinny; they're dodgy.
Sometimes I want to control things more than I'm able to.
I always call myself an emotionalist. I feel.
Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to be a performer - whether it was acting or singing or whatever.
As I evolve, my interests change, always. But, what is consistent is that I always look for something new to play.
I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors.
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.
All this primal energy people respond to in me and my characters is in my music, 10 times more.
My first boyfriend was a surfer. We bonded over loving the sun, Depeche Mode, and The Cure.
I normally don't concern myself with, 'Will audiences like me or like my character?'
For me, a spiritual and existential crisis is the same thing in that your foundation gets rocked.
For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll theater.
I'm all for natural solutions. I'm for eastern philosophies. Yoga is a good one.
When I feel something, I feel it to the ninth power.
I can tell you I have dealt with mania my whole life.
I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have no poker face.
I don't have an explosive temper. People seem to think that - maybe somewhere lives the lion in my cage. But I'm actually kind of goofy.
I only wear SPF if I'm going to the beach.
Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole.
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!
I thrive on adversity.
In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength.
It's not my nature to dominate and bully.
I don't approach anything I do like an academic. I'm not trained, and I work with intuition a great deal.
I love L.A. I fall more in love with it as I get older.
I didn't like school at all. I never liked the seven different classes system. I liked having just one, like in elementary school - less disruption. I liked history. I failed math and science and gave those teachers a hard time.
There' s a duality in myself, and it's also what I try and instill in my roles.
Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance.
Whatever I do, I'm always struggling to create a visceral experience. With my music, I'm more of a live performer these days. And film is such a different thing. It's where people sit in a dark theater. I want them to feel me as viscerally as if they were at a live show.
As a teenager I was severely, cripplingly dramatic and in search of self.
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.
I have such a beautiful, strong family and friends, and they are like everything to me.
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.
I don't want a tan, but I do love blushes in colors that give you that whole sun-kissed thing.
I'm really into coconut oil for everything. I cook it, eat it, put it in my hair, and use it as body lotion. I put it on my face, too - day cream, night cream, whatever. I love the smell. It reminds me of the beach. I'm not particular on what brand as long as it's organic.
Acting is me, but music is even more me. It's everything.
I experience so many feelings and emotions when I tour. It's the most amazing and also the most lonely thing you can do.
TV is wild. You just play the role you're given, and you show up and do the best that you can.
