Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes
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It's not that I'm retired, I just no longer accept acting work.
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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.
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I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.
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I'm one of those people who does a lot of things. I'm lucky. I get up and I have a lot of energy. I have a great work ethic.
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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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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 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.
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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.
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~As a mom, you have to look at how much time you're spending with your kids. There is nothing you will regret more in your life - nothing - than not being present for your children.~
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Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious.
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[Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was nominated for a Grammy for his spoken-word children's album] Halloween... Don't Give Up on Me.
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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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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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I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age...
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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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You can't live a truthful life without regret.
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I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.
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Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change.
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I want to be older. I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than I was then.
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Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.
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My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.
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To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.
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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.
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I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.
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My husband once said he'd never met anybody who walked so fast and ran so slowly. As I said, it's a little hard for me to try new things, and this was me facing a fear that I'd had my whole life. Since I had no experience running, I felt like a failure before I'd even begun.
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I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.
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I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.
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If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.
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So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices and for those who can't speak for themselves, use bold voices and make friends and love well, bring art to this place and make the world better for the whole human race.
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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.
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