Actually, the books were never a planned career path.
Jamie Lee Curtis

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
Jamie Lee Curtis

And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.
Jamie Lee Curtis

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
Jamie Lee Curtis

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

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
Jamie Lee Curtis

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

I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.
Jamie Lee Curtis

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


I talk too much.
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

I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful.
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 thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.
Jamie Lee Curtis

I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.
Jamie Lee Curtis

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

I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.
Jamie Lee Curtis

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.
Jamie Lee Curtis

I'm a layperson. I barely got out of high school. I have no business telling people what to do or my big philosophy on life. I'm certainly not going to write any sort of memoir.
Jamie Lee Curtis