“Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that’s part of society.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“I’ve etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. It’s been an evolution.”
— 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.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“I’ve always put my family first and that’s just the way it is.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn’t.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“I’m not a prophet. I’m not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they’re proud of.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“For years I stopped reading beauty magazines because I couldn’t look at one without wanting to blow my brains out. How can those women look so good?”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“My mom said I was a handful. Now I’m helpful.”
— Jamie Lee Curtis
“If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn’t.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“I’ve always put my family first and that’s just the way it is.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis
“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.”
– 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.”
– 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.”
– Jamie Lee Curtis