I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.
— Jamie Lee Curtis
Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.
Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
Actually, the books were never a planned career path.
I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.
I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.
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.
And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.
I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.
I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.
The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.
