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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.

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 22
Actor
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Santa Monica
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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.
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I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.
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The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting it's that way in marriages.
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My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.
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The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old. Function over frivolity. Clean living. Clean lines.
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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.
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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.
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I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition.
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Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that's part of society.
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Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.
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I barely got out of high school and I look back at my life often and go, Wow, this was awesome!
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I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age...
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Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
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I had the best time I ever had on a Jim Cameron movie - True Lies, 1994. It was the single most freeing experience as an actor I've ever had. And, of course, in the midst of it there was this humungous circus that he conceived.
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I don't ever want to make taking pictures into another way of saying 'Here I am'. Because I'm as here as I want to be.
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I'm one of those people who does a lot of things. I'm lucky. I get up and I have a lot of energy. I have a great work ethic.
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I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.
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I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.
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