Juliette Lewis thinks it's important for women 'to learn to fight'.
The 41-year-old actress started working in the entertainment industry in 1987, when she was just 14 years old.
As a youth she gave up a lot of hobbies to concentrate on her acting career and, in hindsight, Juliette wishes she hadn't done that.
'I wish I had picked up an instrument when I was younger. I wish I had gotten into athletics. I had really liberal artistic progressive parents who let me quit everything,' she told Variety. 'I quit karate. I quit piano. I quit dance. It goes on and on! All those things I quit because I got mad I wish I had stayed with. It's hard being a beginner when you're older. I'd tell myself to stick out through the rough spots and pick up an instrument - and learn karate. I think it's really important for females to learn to fight.'
But nowadays Juliette really appreciates the work she does for a living.
Acting provides her with the diversity she needs to maintain happiness in her life.
'There's that adage; You never have the same job twice. I like that. I love variety - pun intended,' she shared. 'The lesson I've learned is to value and treasure the experience, not the outcome. People are everything - the exchanges between people, the energy we share, the creativity. I feel really lucky that I'm in a line of work where I can use those creative energies.'
Juliette will next be seen in a live-action reimagining of hit Eighties cartoon Jem and the Holograms, which is due to reach theatres in October.
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