Quotes By Jamie Lee Curtis

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.

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.

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

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.

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 talk too much.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.