Juliette Lewis

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

I hate dates. It becomes a weird auditioning process. And I've never had normal dating.

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.

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 kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady.

I experience so many feelings and emotions when I tour. It's the most amazing and also the most lonely thing you can do.

I recommend everyone wakes up in the morning to Bachman Turner Overdrive's 'Taking Care Or Business' - you'll feel better.

In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength.

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.

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

When you become famous at 19, it does a number in your head, so you find romance in the mundane - isn't it so great that a guy would pick me up at my house and take me to a restaurant?

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

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.