The former wild child is back in public view.
Juliette Lewis has worked with such notables as Oliver Stone, Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, Jack Nicholson, Nick Nolte–and she’s a mere 28 years old! Still, she hasn’t let her success get to her head.
At the age of 14 she was emancipated from her parents and went out on her own, appearing on TV in a couple of series, including The Facts of Life, before landing her first screen role at 15 in 1988’s My Stepmother Is an Alien. Three years later she hit the big time with her breakthrough role as the innocent, nubile teenager Robert De Niro stalks in Cape Fear.
Juliette also has the distinction of being one of Brad Pitt‘s fiancées: quite an addition to any résumé. Juliette’s been nominated for an Academy Award and has admitted herself into rehab. And though she has settled down, marrying professional skateboarder Steve Berra in 1999, she remains in demand on the Hollywood scene, and received raves for her recently screened flick Picture Claire.
I start off pessimistic and then get more pessimistic
“People probably think I’m overly intense just judging from my movies. But I’m really very patient, and I like to see the positive in others. That’s a change from when I was growing up. Some people are positive and then become pessimistic and I’m the opposite.” — Black Book magazine
Ah, nothing quite like the sight of a belly button
“It’s never been my goal to be idolized or be the Barbie doll. I just did a comedy, playing a bisexual woman in Gaudi Afternoon and that was very girly girl. I showed my midsection in these Indian skirts and had ringlet curls. I was in hair and makeup for a while for that one.” — SPLICEDwire
Have gun, will travel
While filming Oliver Stone’s thriller Natural Born Killers Juliette Lewis was seduced by firearms. On TV’s Entertainment Tonight Juliette said she cried when she first fired a gun in rehearsals. And then? “After that, I just practiced shooting until I became trigger-happy.” Her conclusion: “I have the capacity to kill.”
So, are you cool?
“I love it when people think I’m ‘cool’. Coolness is such a lie. It’s really so uncool.” — Reuters
