- Curtis is freaking out over the ecstatic notices she and her new film, FREAKY FRIDAY, are getting -- The film has earned an estimated $33.2 million since opening Wednesday and most reviewers zero in on her still-sharp knack for comedy. (August 12, 2003)
- Has learned never to show her teeth when she smiles, because they used to be disgusting. The actress has revealed for the first time her teeth were permanently greenish-grey while she was growing up, because her mother Janet Leigh took the strong antibiotic tetracycline when she was pregnant, and Jamie learned to cover her less than gleaming gnashers.
- In ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI (1984), Curtis played Buckaroo's mother in a flashback scene that was cut from the film.
- Loves renting designer outfits - because then she can give them back. Jamie admits she hates hoarding clothes.
- Once the drug habit was behind her, things started to fall into place in Jamie's personal life as well. In 1983 she met Christopher Guest, whom she eventually married a little over a year later. Jamie describes her hubby as her kindred spirit.
- Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold, TRUE LIES (1994) was attacked by Arab Americans for its depiction of Middle Easterners as homicidal, religious zealots. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee was one of four groups to hold a protest at a Washington theater when the action film opened; a boycott of the movie was called, as well as a ban of its distribution in 54 Arab and Muslim countries. Despite the boycott and the intense controversy, the film was one of the top money-makers of 1994, earning more than $150 million.
- All of the actors of HALLOWEEN (1978) wore their own clothes, since there was no money for a costume department. Curtis went to J.C. Penney for Laurie Strode's wardrobe. She spent less than a hundred dollars for the entire set.
- Before getting similar role in THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001), Curtis previously played a wife that didn't know her husband was involved in espionage in TRUE LIES (1994).
- HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER (1998) was made after her suggestion.
- She did the helicopter stunt on her birthday.
- She had to wear a wig that matched her original hairstyle for HALLOWEEN II (1981)
- When Arnold Schwarzenegger rescues wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) from an airborne chopper (TRUE LIES), he grasps her by her arm just as the chopper heads out over the water. The woman you see dangling below the chopper skid is no body double, but Curtis doing her very own stunt work. At her insistence, director James Cameron agreed to let her perform this scary spectacle.
- While she was making TRADING PLACES (1983), she stayed in Marlene Dietrich's apartment (12E) at 993 Park Avenue in Manhattan. She'd been engaged to Dietrich's grandson, production designer J. Michael Riva.
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at Golden Globe Awards for FREAKY FRIDAY (2004)
- Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie at Emmy Awards for NICHOLAS' GIFT (1998)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV at Golden Globe Awards for THE HEIDI CHRONICLES (1996)
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for TRUE LIES (1995) - shared with Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for TRUE LIES (1995)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for TRUE LIES (1995)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for Anything But Love (1992)
- Nominated for Best Actress at BAFTA Awards for A FISH CALLED WANDA (1989)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for A FISH CALLED WANDA (1989)
- Curtis is convinced her happy marriage to SPINAL TAP star Christopher Guest is all thanks to a chance meeting in a restaurant. (October 14, 2002)
Quotes- On plastic surgery: "This obsession with plastic surgery is an epidemic. It's lunacy! These women have had their faces rebuilt and they look terrible. It's going to backfire at some point; sadly somebody famous and young is going to have to die on the table."
- n plastic surgery: "I did all of it in attempting to stave off (aging). It made me look worse and feel worse. What they say works doesn't.
- "I'm a minimalist. I like to have as little in my closet as possible."
- "I just don't want the scrutiny. I'm not interested in the telephotoness (sic) of everyone's eyes. I'm very chaste, for someone who dances around in her underwear in movies. I go to the edge of the pool in a sarong and a shirt and I take them off and I swim. I also choose to walk around in my private life in chaste clothing. I don't wear tank tops or shorts. I wear dark clothing and longsleeved shirts and skirts to my knee. It's about an appropriateness and an inappropriateness and I'm sure we all know what that line is."
- "I don't think it's the government's responsibility to regulate what's made, it's the parents' responsibility to regulate what a child sees or does. We took Nintendo out when we realised Tom was up to level five on Star Fox. I made the decision to take the Eminem album out of the house after I listened to the whole thing... I have chosen not to let my daughter have the internet in her room - if she wants to go online, she has to come downstairs into a common room so my husband and I can see what she's doing."
- "I'm a minimalist. I like to have as little in my closet as possible."
- "I'm happier with myself than I've ever been and I think the primary reason I'm so happy is because I got sober almost two years ago. Outing myself was positive as my children are directly involved in my sobriety."
- "Is my daughter allowed to see horror movies? Absolutely not."
- "I've never been mainstream in any area of my life. I've always been on the fringe as an actor. All my movies except True Lies (1994) have been pretty fringy films. So until now I've felt on the periphery of everything. But my children's books have put me smack dab in the mainstream, where I'm having the biggest success of my life and it is satisfying. These books are how I see the world and I think they are fun."
Awards- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (2000)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical, TRUE LIES (1995)
- Saturn Award: Best Actress, TRUE LIES (1995)
- American Comedy Award: Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) for TRUE LIES (1995)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role), TRUE LIES (1995)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Musical or Comedy, TRUE LIES (1994)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical, Anything But Love (1990)
- Mystfest: Best Actress, BLUE STEEL (1990)
- Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Special Mention, BLUE STEEL (1990) - for her acting performance.
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Musical or Comedy Series or Television Movie, ANYTHING BUT LOVE (1989)
- BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actress, TRADING PLACES (1984)
- British Academy Award: Best Actress Supporting, TRADING PLACES (1984)
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