15 Quotes & Sayings By Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis has been acting since she was a child, and made her film debut at age six in the 1975 horror film The Omen. She went on to star in such films as: Trading Places, True Lies, and Halloween. She is best known for her role as Laurie Strode in the 1978 classic horror film Halloween and its three sequels.

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My mom said I was a handful. Now I'm helpful. Jamie Lee Curtis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty. Jamie Lee Curtis
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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
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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
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I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is. Jamie Lee Curtis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that's part of society. Jamie Lee Curtis