Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 22, 1958

I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is.

Jamie Lee Curtis

My marriage? Up to now everything's okay. But it's a real marriage - imperfect and very difficult. It's all about people evolving somewhat simultaneously through their lives. I think we've emotionally evolved.

Jamie Lee Curtis

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

Jamie Lee Curtis

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

Jamie Lee Curtis

If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.

Jamie Lee Curtis

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I've etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It's been an evolution.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

Jamie Lee Curtis

If I can challenge old ideas about aging, I will feel more and more invigorated. I want to represent this new way. I want to be a new version of the 70-year-old woman. Vital, strong, very physical, very agile. I think that the older I get, the more yoga I'm going to do.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

Jamie Lee Curtis

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.

Jamie Lee Curtis