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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. (Jamie Lee Curtis)
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. View quote
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Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older. View quote
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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. View quote
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I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal. View quote
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Actually, the books were never a planned career path. View quote
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All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be. View quote
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I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves. View quote
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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. (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Exchange the words ‘have to' with ‘get to.' Exchange the word ‘can't' with ‘unwilling.' View quote
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We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success. View quote
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It's not that I'm retired, I just no longer accept acting work. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again. View quote
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I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. View quote
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I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven. View quote
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I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Jamie Lee Curtis)
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. View quote
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Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Jamie Lee Curtis

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Actress
Born: November 22, 1958
Quotes count: 52
Wikipedia: Jamie Lee Curtis

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