Quotes from Jamie Lee Curtis

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

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.

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.

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

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

Children are paparazzi. They take your picture when you don't want them to.

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

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.

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.

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.

We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.

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

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

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

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

There is nothing you will regret more in your life — nothing — than not being present for your children

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.

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

Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

If I were an actress today at the age of 18, I would never make it, because now our young actresses all seem to be very beautiful and very talented right away.

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

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

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.