Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes
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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.
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My deal was that they would use a full-length picture of me in my underwear and a full-length picture of me all done up, and they would write about how long it took and how much it cost, because that was the whole point. It was very liberating.
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I never represented glam. That's the thing, 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.
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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.
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The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it.
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The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting; it's that way in marriages.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not in some artificial place like a set or a photo call but rather captured outdoors in nature, where she took my breath away. When those moments surface, I miss her the most.
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I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it.
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My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful.
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I've etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It's been an evolution.
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There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.
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The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?
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I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.
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I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.
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We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It is not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life for this child.
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People get real comfortable with their features. Nobody gets comfortable with their hair. Hair trauma. It's the universal thing.
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Pilates is the only exercise program that has changed my body and made me feel great.
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I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.
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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.
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I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.
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I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.
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Nowadays, when you make movies, you don't need any lights at all. You have to remember, back in the day, the film stocks that they had were very, very insensitive and they would have these humongous lights and lighting was everything, so everyone looked good. Nowadays with digital film where you don't need any light at all, you could shoot in the [bleep] dark. It makes people not look so good and it makes aging on film much, much harder.
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Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.
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It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.