Juliette Lewis Quotes

I guess I feel like it's a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it's a small role, it's a gift to be working that closely with them.

Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places. I like movies because it's kind of a combination of every art: it's like, it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.

Hollywood is a film industry, a film business. I don't approach my career in that way. I see it as 'art,' and I become involved in films that ring my bell.

There's no money in theater, but artistically speaking, it's so much more fulfilling! But, of course, there are still so many people left in film that I would love to work with as well - like Guy Ritchie! I'm a big fan of his work. He's at the top of my list of people I would love to collaborate with.

I just need good scripts, good films, and I am glad I am doing them.

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

At this point, I'm happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I'm passionate about.

I do paint, and I wanted to actually be a painter. Sometimes I'll whip out paints. It's tough to find the motivation, but it's also a solitary, lonely occupation. What I like about acting is that it is such a collaborative thing.

I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels.

I want to write, act, and direct!

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with are as important as the parts you play, and that there were lots of interesting people working in film and T.V.

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.

I think when I was doing 'Amistad,' I was just too young to really understand what the process was, and beyond that, I hadn't really got involved. It was just somehow - and I thought that the artistry was all in the theater.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

For me, to be perfectly honest, the part of my brain that was stimulated by directing was much more exciting than a typical day of acting.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.