Jamie Lee Curtis Net Worth

Jamie Lee Curtis's Quotes

• "I believe people are entitled to a private life. I'm not sure where it's written that because you're in the public eye you are required to expose your private business, with anybody. It is nobody's business, and it's interesting because obviously in today's marketplace people don't abide by that. There are no boundaries that people won't cross... We're in a bit of a "Wild West" thing with media, and, I think, it's just kind of like no holds barred - the Internet. You know, there are no criteria on the Internet... I've chosen a public life to express myself, not to tell what I do with my husband in bed, not to do, to talk about my parents and my family life. And I just think it's wrong, and obviously it's an insatiable appetite that people have for gossip and innuendo and things that are nobody's business. And there's a term that they use in this called "legitimate public concern". What is legitimate public concern? If an elected official has an illness, that's legitimate public concern because they're our president or elected official. We, we, we need to know that they're healthy because we want them to live a long life and protect, you know, the Constitution... but in the marketplace, in the world, I don't believe it's anybody's concern. And that's what I think." --comments made on The View, September 19, 2000.
• I thought, while they're up and firm [her breasts], why not shoot them once or twice. - on screen nudity.
• I'm Laurie Strode's guardian angel.
• When I did Sesame Street (1969), Elmo was not the worldwide phenomenon he is now. I understood Elmo was special, and I said that the only way I would do Sesame Street was with Elmo. Kevin Clash, the young man who did the voice for him, was a very sweet guy and I predicted Elmo's meteoric rise to fame way in advance. I am a trendsetter without knowing it. Two years later the Elmo craze began, but I was ahead of the curve.
• When asked if she regretted making any films - Easy. There's a piece of shit called Virus (1999) which I made because another movie that I was supposed to do fell through. It was a bad choice and the movie is a piece of shit. The runner up is a movie called Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), which is this benign but still bad coming of age movie, which is just bad. I will never, ever see those films again. They are laughable, ludicrous movies and I'm bad in them. They're nasty.

Interesting Facts about Jamie Lee Curtis

1. During the 1980s, she was engaged to Hollywood production designer J. Michael Riva, the grandson of screen legend Marlene Dietrich. Her godfather was MCA-Universal CEO Lew Wasserman.
2. Saw her future husband Christopher Guest in the issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Cyndi Lauper on the cover. Guest appeared in a promotional photo for the film This Is Spinal Tap (1984) in full costume and makeup as a rock star. She fell in love at first sight of the photo and gave her telephone number to his agent.
3. Adopted two children with Christopher Guest: daughter Annie Guest (b. December 1986) and son Thomas Guest (b. March 1996).
4. Daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
5. Became formally known as Lady Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex, when her husband, Christopher, inherited the barony in 1996 on the death of his father.
6. Younger sister of actress Kelly Curtis. Older half-sister of Allegra Curtis, Alexandra Curtis and Nicholas Curtis.
7. Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall private school in 1976.
8. It was on her suggestion that Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) was made.
9. Her deleted scene from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) is included on the MGM Special Edition DVD, 2001, as the "Alternate Opening".
10. Was asked to cameo in the sequel Scream 3 (2000), but declined.
11. Won a 2003 Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Album for Children category for her recording of the children's books she has written.
12. Sister-in-law of Nicholas Guest and Pamela Guest.
13. Attended the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
14. When making reservations in exclusive London restaurants at short notice, she gives her name as Lady Haden-Guest, which apparently works better than Jamie Lee Curtis.
15. She told a German magazine that she will retire from making movies and that Christmas with the Kranks (2004) will be her last work as an actress. (November 2004) She was wrong.
16. Said in an interview on Good Entertainment, with Michael Medved (2001) that, ironically, horror films terrify her and she prefers not to watch them.
17. Was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992.
18. Was one of the guests at Sandra Bullock's and Jesse James' wedding.
19. Godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal.
20. Ex-stepdaughter of Christine Kaufmann, Andria Savio and Leslie Curtis. Stepdaughter of Jill Vandenberg Curtis.