I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. Jamie Lee Curtis More Quotes by Jamie Lee Curtis More Quotes From Jamie Lee Curtis 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. Jamie Lee Curtis transition use age The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well? Jamie Lee Curtis life two needs 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 the world better for the whole human race. Jamie Lee Curtis helping-others race art Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling. Jamie Lee Curtis unwilling Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it. Jamie Lee Curtis recovery acceptance life-is 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 mother heart fall 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. Jamie Lee Curtis husband running trying Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious. Jamie Lee Curtis rocks opposites mean Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life. Jamie Lee Curtis getting-sober sober done 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 women media mother 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. Jamie Lee Curtis crazy self thinking Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change. Jamie Lee Curtis dont-change supposed-to-be life-is The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people. Jamie Lee Curtis want inspirational people I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection. Jamie Lee Curtis superhero real people I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it. Jamie Lee Curtis children people looks 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 people years thinking You can't live a truthful life without regret. Jamie Lee Curtis truthful regret Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book. Jamie Lee Curtis haste-makes-waste inspirational book 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 life-is-hard challenges believe I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice. Jamie Lee Curtis firm why-not
