Quotes from Jamie Lee Curtis

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

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

I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.

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

You can't live a truthful life without regret.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.

Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change.

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

I barely got out of high school and I look back at my life often and go, "Wow, this was awesome!"

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.

I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.

Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.

I'm a tidy, neat person. But I'm not a maniac.

To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.

My kids are not interested in anything I do. And I mean that not in any dis to my children or dis to me. My kids have their own life, they could give a sh*t what I do.

I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the last thing ever said about me - that I was their daughter - I would be disappointed that my contributions weren't strong enough on their own.

I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.

I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

Pick clothes that you really love. And wear them. And don't make anything "special." If it's being held for something "special," wear it to the market. Wear it every day!

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

If I can challenge old ideas about aging, I will feel more and more invigorated. I want to represent this new way. I want to be a new version of the 70-year-old woman. Vital, strong, very physical, very agile. I think that the older I get, the more yoga I'm going to do.