Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful.

By the way, food and rent aren't the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

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.

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

Pick clothes that you really love. And wear them. And don't make anything "special." If it's being held for something "special," wear it to the market. Wear it every day!

Pilates is the only exercise program that has changed my body and made me feel great

Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they SEE and HEAR everything.

It's not that I'm retired, I just no longer accept acting work.

I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir.

[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age...

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

I barely got out of high school and I look back at my life often and go, "Wow, this was awesome!"

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

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.

There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.

I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.

It's very hard, when you're a famous person, to "de-famous" your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my children. And for me.

Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong.

The media nowadays has given the message to adults. Don't try new things, don't look foolish because we will catch you and then broadcast it to the world. I think children don't have that.

You'll never see me in the front row of a fashion show. I'm uninterested in it; I find it trivial and banal and boring.

My kids are not interested in anything I do. And I mean that not in any dis to my children or dis to me. My kids have their own life, they could give a sh*t what I do.

My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.

Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.

I don't ever want to make taking pictures into another way of saying 'Here I am'. Because I'm as here as I want to be.

People get real comfortable with their features. Nobody gets comfortable with their hair. Hair trauma. It's the universal thing.

Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that's part of society.

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

The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.

For years I stopped reading beauty magazines because I couldn't look at one without wanting to blow my brains out. How can those women look so good?