Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

It’s not that I’m retired, I just no longer accept acting work.

I want to be older. I actually think there’s an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I’m stronger, I’m smarter in every way, I’m so much less crazy than I was then.

My husband and I are very different. Our company is called Syzygy Industries, which can mean a pair of opposites. And that’s exactly what we are. Yet there is obviously a very strong pull toward each other.

By the way, food and rent aren’t the only things around here that cost money. You sleep on the couch.

I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless ‘scandal’ and the subsequent parodies.