American - Actress | November 22, 1958 -
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
Jamie Lee Curtis
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I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.
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I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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I've been happily married to Chris for almost 20 years.
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I've been in showbusiness all my life, but as an actress I have never been overly driven.
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If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.
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It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.
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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.
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