Came across this Entertainment Weekly interview with actress Juliette Lewis, who appears in the very fine Whip It, which a) is Drew Barrymore's debut as a director b) has a fabulous cast c) and who doesn't wish they had spent part of their youth hip-checking a rival over a guardrail in an Austin, Texas arena? Nobody, that's who. Anyway, Ms. Lewis as always is pretty engaging, as we can see by these inspiring words:

Q: So you had to practice skating for the audition?

A: Yeah. You know, I can pick up anything really if you give me enough time and good teaching. I hadn’t put on skates in eight years. But I have the ability to fear not (emphasis added). So that was what I pushed forward.

(Image: filmofilia.)