Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

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

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

I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.

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.

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

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.

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

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

I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

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

Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling.

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.

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

I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.

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.

I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it's all easy.

I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.

My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful.

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

I have a rule: Pretend you're going on a trip for two weeks, and pull what you'd wear on that two-week trip, and get rid of everything else.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.

You can't live a truthful life without regret.

We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.

To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.

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

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

Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

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.

People need things. I don't live a monk's existence, I'm a consumer, but I try to do it to the level that doesn't feel like there's an overabundance of something.

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

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.

Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change.

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.

~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.~

I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

When I know something I like, I just want to replicate it.

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

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.

The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines.

And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.

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

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

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