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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Dream, Normal, Walked, Kirk

My deal was that they would use a full-length picture of me in my underwear and a full-length picture of me all done up, and they would write about how long it took and how much it cost, because that was the whole point. It was very liberating.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Deal, Very, Took, Liberating

The biggest lesson I've learned from my children is to look in the mirror at myself, not at them. I've realized that everything I've done has had an impact on them. We have to understand that they are like little paparazzi. They take our picture when we don't want them to and then they show it to us in their behavior.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Mirror, Show, Had, Paparazzi

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

Anniversary, Role, Very, Stepfather

I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

My Life, Been, Actress, Overly

I never represented glam. That's the thing, you'll never see me in the front row of a fashion show. I'm uninterested in it. I find it trivial and banal and boring.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Show, Glam, Uninterested, Fashion Show

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.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Through, I Think, Very, Simultaneously

I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something went wrong. I felt misshapen, just not natural any more.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Body, Plastic Surgery, Every, Surgery

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Think, I Think, Very, Haircut

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.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Strong, I Think, Very, Old Ideas

I wasn't the kid who lined up her toys, although when it came to Barbies and that little traveling wardrobe with the drawers and the little shoes, my stuff was always on hangers and the shoes were always in pairs. Things had their places.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Kid, Pairs, Had, Lined

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Think, Getting, Actually, Self-Knowledge

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Thought, Twice, Firm, Why Not

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Real, Real People, Stories, Superheroes

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

My Life, Been, Very, Sober

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Recognized, Being, Distilled, Whereas

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.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Color, Weeks, Felt, Every Time

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.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Away, Actress, Very, Right Away

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Person, Tidy, Neat, Maniac

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Teen, See, Lot, Teenager

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

Teen, Want, Could, Teenager

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

- Jamie Lee Curtis

My Life, Go, Back, Wow

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Know, Because, Addict

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

Work, Abuse, Recovering, Addict

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

Some, I Think, Our, Different Things

I'm going to look the way God intends me to look... with a little help from Manolo Blahnik.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Look, Way, Going, Little Help

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.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Modeling, Bed, Telling, Bombarded

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

Think, Very, Figure, Shameful

The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say forget it.

- Jamie Lee Curtis

Work, Sure, Directors, Parameters

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

Big, Telling, Certainly, No Business

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