In acting, you have a writer, ...

In acting, you have a writer, a director, a character - you're working through being another person - and the irony I always tell people is when I acted early on as a teenager, it actually kept me out of trouble.
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 Juliette Lewis

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I was like twelve or something, when you first kiss a guy and you see the way the guy reacts, how they get really excited, or whatever. And I'm perceptive, so I think, "Ah, jeez, is that something that I'm able to do?
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 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.
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 Juliette Lewis
Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.
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 Juliette Lewis
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.
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 Juliette Lewis