Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes
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I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something went wrong. I felt misshapen, just not natural any more.
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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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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.
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My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful.
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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 etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It's been an evolution.
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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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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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I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.
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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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There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.
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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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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 thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.
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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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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'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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I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.
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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.
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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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Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.