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title: "1 Parents Thing Quotes By Jamie Lee Curtis"
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> [I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there - who my parents were. As much as I love my parents, if that was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-guess-i-want-very-much-to-be-recognized-for-my-abilities-for-the/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

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## More by Jamie Lee Curtis

> [I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-have-to-be-careful-to-get-out-before-i-become-the-grotesque/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-m-uninterested-in-superheroes-i-am-only-interested-in-real-stories/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/if-you-just-watch-a-teenager-you-see-a-lot-of-uncertainty/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/it-s-not-that-i-m-retired-i-just-no-longer-accept-acting-work/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/because-i-know-i-m-an-addict-and-i-know-i-m-an-alcoholic/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [I guess I want very much to be recognized for my abilities, for the work I put in, and yet it's still always there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/i-guess-i-want-very-much-to-be-recognized-for-my-abilities-for-the/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [You can't live a truthful life without regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/you-can-t-live-a-truthful-life-without-regret/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/exchange-the-words-have-to-with-get-to-exchange-the-word-can-t-with/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [The parameters are such that I don't get offered a lot of work. I'm sure most directors hear my list of don'ts and say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/the-parameters-are-such-that-i-don-t-get-offered-a-lot-of-work-i-m/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [It's very hard, when you're a famous person, to "de-famous" your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/it-s-very-hard-when-you-re-a-famous-person-to-de-famous-your-home-but/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/my-mother-was-the-most-beautiful-woman-i-have-ever-seen-there-are/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/now-all-of-a-sudden-i-m-so-less-interested-in-pretending-to-be-a-lot/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/the-only-two-questions-that-need-to-be-asked-each-day-are-did-i-live/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [When I know something I like, I just want to replicate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/when-i-know-something-i-like-i-just-want-to-replicate-it/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

> [To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-lee-curtis/to-make-new-friends-you-have-be-willing-to-put-in-the-time/)

[Jamie Lee Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-lee-curtis/)

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