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Juliette Lewis has always used acting to channel her "energy and intuition".
The 41-year-old star has taken on a variety of roles over the years, and her part in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. Juliette knew from a young age the direction she was going in and feels performing has enabled her to not only express herself but reach out to others, too.
"I always knew that was the line of work if you lived in your imagination, liked to create characters and tell stories. I did that from an early age. I guess the first seed of acting was the hours I played make believe with my sister, where you are dreaming up characters when we used to play behind my house. Those were my early years," she explained to iconvsicon.com.
"People think it is funny but it was great because it gave me a voice and somewhere to channel this energy and intuition because, since I was little, I have had a lot of empathy of other people, especially the underdogs."
Juliette's latest role is punk-rocker-turned-suburban mom Kelly in comedy flick Kelly & Cal. Her character is frustrated and missing her old life throughout the movie - emotions the brunette actress hopes she portrayed convincingly for viewers.
"The more uncomfortable it is, the most honest it is going to be, if you know what I mean. You want to get out of premeditation and live and breathe in the moment," she explained. "All I ever hope is that audiences believe everything I am doing and that it looks as easy as breathing. The acting on a cellular level is tough because I think I am changing a little bit. I am just brutality within my own head! It is pretty horrifying!"