65 Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes: Inspiring Wisdom and Fearless Authenticity

Jamie Lee Curtis recently returned to the spotlight for her revered performance in "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once." Still, even when she isn't winning major awards, she remains a Hollywood favorite. Read 65 quotes of hers to find out more.

Jamie Lee Curtis has played in many memorable movies and series, such as "True Lies," "Freaky Friday," and "Scream Queens." Most recently, she played a supporting role in "Everything Everywhere All At Once" for which she won an Oscar.

According to IMDb, she has been nominated 77 times overall, winning 38 awards. However, she has dipped her feet in many other fields, such as writing numerous children's books, producing, directing, and more.

Gain some wisdom from this actress who has achieved so much in her lifetime by reading 65 of her quotes below.

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness.” | Source: Getty Images

Jamie Lee Curtis' Inspirational Quotes

“I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful...I think you want to be known for who you are.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I barely got out of high school, and I look back at my life often and go, 'Wow, this was awesome!'” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“There is a point when you aren't as much mom and daughter as you are adults and friends.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“If indeed it's a race; Then the chicks do the most; It isn't a brag or an estrogen boast; It's the women who've led me; With big open hearts; If not for their love; I'd have failed at the start; And it's not just the mothers; I speak of them ALL; It's a woman there first; When somebody falls.; The multi of tasking; That's easy to tease; I dare a great man;To try it all, PLEASE! ; So this is my shout out; My rallying cry; To women all over; I hold you up high; And though there are others; Who'll think this poem strange; It's the women who plant ;The root of big change.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness because who I am today I am completely content to be.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.” | Source: Getty Images

“The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I feel way better now than I did when I was twenty. I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than I was then.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

"I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.” | Source: Getty Images

“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

“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...” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes Full of Her Personal Experience

“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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

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“My favorite time of the holidays is when the children have torn open their loot and delivered their verdicts and are looking to you for something else...memories that have nothing to do with things bought.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

"The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“There is nothing you will regret more in your life ― nothing ― than not being present for your children." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?” | Source: Getty Images

“Being a parent is a weird juggling act ― and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I don't have great thighs. I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy. And I've got back fat. People assume that I'm walking around in little spaghetti-strap dresses. It's insidious ― Glam Jamie, the perfect Jamie, the great figure, blah, blah, blah. And I don't want the unsuspecting 40-year-old women of the world to think that I've got it going on. It's such a fraud. And I'm the one perpetuating it.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it.” | Source: Getty Images

“Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling.'” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“So, take what's inside you and make big, bold choices. And for those who can't speak for themselves, use bold voices. And make friends and love well. Bring art to this place. And make this world better for the whole human race.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: "I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life." | Source: Getty Images

“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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they see and hear everything.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis Thought-Provoking 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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

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“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

“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

“I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I've been in show business all my life, but as an actress, I have never been overly driven.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.” | Source: Getty Images

"The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort of cookie-cutter version of me. At the same time, I want to make sure that I impart my sense of the world as an adult." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I've always put my family first, and that's just the way it is.” | Source: Getty Images

“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

“I've been happily married to Chris for almost twenty years.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

"Actually, the books were never a planned career path." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not in some artificial place like a set or a photo call but rather captured outdoors in nature, where she took my breath away. When those moments surface, I miss her the most.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange.” | Source: Getty Images

“If I'm honest, I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“My breasts are beautiful, and I gotta tell you, they've gotten a lot of attention for what is relatively short screen time.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

An image of Jamie Lee Curtis, with her quote: “I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.” | Source: Getty Images

“I've always put my family first, and that's just the way it is.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“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

“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

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"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 anymore." ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I love performing and pretending. It's very easy for me.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“For years I stopped reading beauty magazines. How can those women look so good?” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“My life is so filled with my children, my family, and the charitable work I do.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

“I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time.” ― Jamie Lee Curtis

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Curtis has worked alongside many well-known names, such as Lindsay Lohan, Owen Wilson, and Chris Evans. Her late parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, were also Hollywood royalties.

If you haven't watched it yet, get to know the film that helped Curtis win an Oscar by reading: 34 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once’ Quotes: Explore the Multiverse.