Adults are just children sometimes. But evil, hurt children. Juliette Lewis More Quotes by Juliette Lewis More Quotes From 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 attitude men people My dad kept me away from people who treat children wrong. It's just amazing that there is such a way to raise a person without giving them complexes. But nobody does it. They think it should be the old school. But look at the products. Wouldn't it be great if you could avoid the complexes? Then you could deal with the complexes of life. Juliette Lewis dad children school As actors, we want to go find the humanity and make it more nuanced and fill in the colors, rather than just being suit people who crack cases, 'cause they aren't that. Juliette Lewis color humanity people [There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive. Juliette Lewis care brave ideas I like people like Tina Turner, Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, and Stevie Nicks; you only hear that person in their voice, they sound like nobody else. Juliette Lewis voice sound people I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist. Juliette Lewis straight-up vocalist traditional I think early on I avoided singing because it was so personal and I didn't know how to sit in that intimacy. I wrote songs when I was little and I wrote a journal, but I don't think I knew how to let that truth come out yet. Juliette Lewis singing song thinking I never think I have success even when I have it, for better or for worse. Juliette Lewis thinking Nobody would ever think, "Oh, get into acting so you can live the straight and narrow path," but it gave me a sense of discipline and focus. Juliette Lewis discipline focus thinking With movies and TV, storytelling, it's a different medium. I really love it, but I'm one part of many, many pieces of that puzzle and a lot of it is out of my control. Juliette Lewis pieces tvs different 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. Juliette Lewis dad silly beautiful When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to you and then helping you write songs that are you, that bring the most of what you are out, whereas a lot of producers might put their stamp on you. I gained confidence because I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist. Juliette Lewis artist writing song My main objective was finding my individuality as a vocalist. Juliette Lewis vocalist findings individuality Being wild can be wearing a silly hat. Being wild can be dancing weird. Being wild can be shooting people. What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild. Juliette Lewis silly people thinking 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. Juliette Lewis boss vision directors I'm always revving the engine. In this industry, there are so many twists and turns. You never have it made. Juliette Lewis twists turns made I made a joke with my sister... I said, "I don't know what's more nerve-wracking, job insecurity or job security." There's opportunities and things you compromise with both. When I had endless freedom of schedule, or when I commit to a movie for two months, then I could manage my music and go on the road. Juliette Lewis opportunity jobs two All the musicians that I know want to act. Juliette Lewis musician knows want I had an upbringing in which I was allowed to be free and use my mind. My parents only helped me to be myself. It was only in my teenage years that I met people who made me start having doubts about who I was. They said you shouldn't be confident, you shouldn't be strong. It is only when you meet those other people that you lose confidence. Juliette Lewis teenage strong years I know what I'm doing. And I even know when I don't know what I'm doing. Then there are people who don't want to know that you know what you're doing. Juliette Lewis knows want people
