Quotes By Jamie Lee Curtis

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.

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

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

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

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.

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.

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.

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

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

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

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

I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

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.

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 try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.

I talk too much.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

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

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

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

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.

Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

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.

I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

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

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