Quotes by Jamie Lee Curtis

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

“I thought, while theyre up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.”

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

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

“We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know something about. Its a virus.”

“He was absolutely right, ... I have taken that to heart.”

“Today I Feel Silly”

“[As for who screams better, Grace or Jamie Lee Curtis (Curtis starred in the original] The Fog ... Shes the scream queen after all. Im not sure if thats her official title but ... Ill certainly do my best.”

“[BURBANK, Calif. - In an interview with] Access Hollywood, ... doesnt accept acting work anymore.”

My mom said I was a handful. Now Im helpful.

For years I stopped reading beauty magazines because I couldnt look at one without wanting to blow my brains out. How can those women look so good?

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 theyre proud of.

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.

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

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

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldnt want to be a teenager again. I really wouldnt.

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.

Ive always put my family first and thats just the way it is.

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, its just a number.

Ive etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts. Its been an evolution.