Jamie Lee Curtis Quotes

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.

I would say I'm quite happy in my life the majority of the time. Earlier in my life I was more questioning, overly trying to figure things out. I like this way much better.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

I've learned that the perfect picture that I hold in my mind of what my life looks like is constantly changing, growing, evolving. I remind myself that I am exactly where I need to be in my life; otherwise, I would surely be somewhere else.

I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be with other people; I just know myself really, really well, and I think that is an amazing thing. I think a lot of people don't know themselves that well.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for?

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

It has taken all of my 20s and most of my 30s to get to this point where I am very happy with who I am.

I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy.

When I was in my 20s, I don't think I knew what happiness was. Now, it's about getting to a place in your life when you're confident in the person you are. It took me a long time to get there.

People worry about their looks going, but go deeper, and you realise you know yourself more and you're more comfortable in your own skin and more settled within yourself, and that's a really great basis on which to live your life.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?