This much I know: Juliette Lewis
The actress and singer, 36, in her own words
The greater the risk, the more the reward. Fear of failure sometimes looms large and it makes you not enjoy the moment. When you've lived enough of life you know that you survive the downs. You can always get up again.
I don't ever say what kind of drugs I was taking. I just call them drugs. I did the Narconon rehabilitation programme and I've never touched a drug since. It's quite brilliant. It was good to get rid of that struggle really early, at 22.
Touring ages you. Bus air can't be good all the time.
I've had an empathy for the underbelly all my life. I don't know why.
Scientology is so common-sense orientated. I'm in the know because I did courses. I like to be known as me, first of all – that's the problem with being associated with any religion. Different things in Scientology have helped me become even more of an individual, not a blind follower. People are like: "What? I thought they steal your money." Nobody's stealing my money.
Being a romanticist and a pragmatist, an idealist and a realist, it's a struggle. Those qualities are always duking it out.
Certain friends call me Jules from time to time. Never Julie – that does not seem fitting.
I don't think men really try to pick me up, because it's so awkward.I've only recently been like: "Oh, that person's flirting. Why are they acting so weird?"
The simple truth is that you have to keep reminding yourself to love and let go. It's an airy-fairy statement but it's a deep, deep concept to keep coming back to and reminding oneself of, especially when you realise that people come and go and this is a mortal existence.
I believe in the synergy and recycling of energy, so the sun, being this majestic ball of energy – you must have some of it. That's why I like California.
I appear really intense, but I work in a much lighter way than some other actors. My approach is very make-believe orientated, much like a kid. I'm not a method actor; I don't stay in character. That would make absolutely no sense for me.
I've dated all kinds of people. I tend to find things that are awkward beautiful. Like crooked teeth, a big nose. I like hands.
Some people drink and they can have intellectual discussions. I'm not like that. I like a Guinness every now and then, but I don't ever lose control.
Brad Pitt is a relationship I had, I think, 15 years ago. He's a stand-up guy from Missouri, really honest and decent. People ask me about him just because he's famous. They don't really ask about my ex-husband, which is a far more significant relationship because we were married. It's a great failure to have a marriage end because you create a picture together of a lifelong dream. We're better as best friends.
I'm a good peacemaker. I'm on more of an even keel than people might imagine.
I didn't find Oliver Stone frightening. He directs a bit like an army sergeant. Scorsese directs with a world of enthusiasm. The only people who are truly frightening are those who don't have a sense of humour, and Oliver's a funny guy. He's not very validating, but he gave me one compliment during Natural Born Killers and I put that in my pocket. He said: "Juliette, you are a genius at your craft." We were having dinner, all of the cast, and that stumped me.
Sometimes I have dreams where I'm being chased in an apocalyptic world.
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