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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

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Jamie Lee Curtis
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: November 22
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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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Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol that's part of society.
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My husband once said he'd never met anybody who walked so fast and ran so slowly. As I said, it's a little hard for me to try new things, and this was me facing a fear that I'd had my whole life. Since I had no experience running, I felt like a failure before I'd even begun.
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I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.
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It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.
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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 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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
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My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.
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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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I've been going through photos of my mother, looking back on her life and trying to put it into context. Very few people age gracefully enough to be photographed through their aging.
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If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.
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Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.
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I have a rule: Pretend you're going on a trip for two weeks, and pull what you'd wear on that two-week trip, and get rid of everything else.
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To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.
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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.
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