Jamie Lee Curtis is not afraid of speaking her truth – especially when it comes to her bedtime.
15.02.2023 - 02:43 / foxnews.com
Despite coming from a Hollywood family, Jamie Lee Curtis says she almost chose a very different career path. In an interview with Extra during the Oscar Nominee Luncheon, the "Everything Everywhere All at Once" star and best supporting actress nominee said, "I never thought I would be an actor, let alone get the opportunities I’ve had." "I thought I would be a cop.
I thought I would be a police officer, a corrections officer. I thought maybe I'd be a social worker.
I'm good with people. I believe in law and order.
I thought that that would be my path." She added, "Instead, it took me here." Curtis is the daughter of Hollywood icons Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Tony was nominated for best actor alongside Sidney Poitier for their roles in "The Defiant Ones," and is known for his other roles in films like "Spartacus" and "Some Like It Hot." Janet is best known for her role as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock’s "Psycho," which earned her the best supporting actress Oscar nomination. The "Halloween" star also told the outlet her nomination was "incredible" and described the experience as feeling "like I've discovered a secret room in my house that I've lived in for, you know, a long time that was sort of papered over… because I had a defense wall up because I never even wanted to dream about it… I never thought it would happen." In 2022, the 64-year-old was awarded the Hollywood Icon Award at The Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Disco Ball benefit gala and expressed tremendous gratitude for her success.
"I have the most beautiful life that I obviously have no idea how this happened," Curtis told Fox News Digital at the time. "I was raised by a woman who spent her whole life concentrating on other people, and I think it’s the
.Jamie Lee Curtis is not afraid of speaking her truth – especially when it comes to her bedtime.
Jamie Lee Curtis is spilling the deets on her SAG Awards kiss with Michelle Yeoh. Curtis took home the trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for her role in during the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards last Sunday. Before taking the stage to the delight of the audience, Curtis grabbed her co-star and planted a big kiss on her.ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to the actress at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Saturday where she said she had «no idea» she kissed Yeoh in what has now become a viral awards season moment.«I didn't know I actually kissed Michelle until they showed me,» Curtis revealed. «I'm telling you, the word shocked — you people, you must think we all think we're gonna win things.
to People in an interview on Saturday, the actress revealed what it’s like to be nominated for this year’s Academy Awards in the same category that her late mother, Janet Leigh, once was.“You know, I didn’t think about that,” Curtis, 64, told the outlet while at the Independent Spirit Awards.“I mean, I knew it, I was aware of it. I never thought that would happen. Like my parents and their fame and their stardom was so legendary that I’ve never felt like I would be anywhere near the level.
Disney‘s Haunted Mansion has dropped (check it out below) and showcases a revamped spin-off of the popular Disneyland ride.Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, the film focuses on Gabbie (Rosario Dawson) and her son, Travis (Chase Dillon), who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.The trailer showcases plenty of spectacularly spooky goings on as Gabbie and Travis attempt to make an old mansion their forever home. The spiritual experts come in the form of Owen Wilson, Danny De Vito and LaKeith Stanfield. Justin Simien, Dear White People and Bad Hair, helms the film which features a cast dripping with Hollywood names.
Jamie Lee Curtis has shared some behind the scenes images of a rather bizarre photoshoot she was involved in for the Washington Post.The Everything Everywhere All At Once star, who recently took home the SAG award for Best Supporting Actress, has been hailed as a breakthrough star recently. Get all the details on the A-lister's rise to fame in the video below.WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis' rise to fameInspired by the breakthrough moniker, photographer Jessica Pons had the Halloween actress literally break through a wall of purple paper during the shoot.
Jamie Lee Curtis was only too happy to indulge in the conversation of nepotism surrounding current stars, going so far as to address it at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, where she looked incredible.After winning the Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize for Everything Everywhere All At Once, during her speech, she deemed herself a "Nepo Baby".WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis' Rise to FameDespite having been championed for her strong work over her decades in the business, the actress was certainly motivated by her parents' influence in Hollywood.
Jamie Lee Curtis is keeping her late parents close to her heart.
Operation Petticoat,” she said. “Which was based on a movie that my father, Tony Curtis (nepo baby) starred in.”“I was fired from that TV show, a year later, and I thought my life was over,” she added.“If I hadn’t been fired from Operation Petticoat, I would have never had the opportunity to audition for a little tiny, no-budget horror movie called Halloween.”In her acceptance speech for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Jamie Lee Curtis went on: “I’m wearing the wedding ring that my father gave my mother.
Jamie Lee Curtis had a lot of love to give after taking home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role during Sunday's 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The actress won for her role in .Before taking the stage to the delight of the audience, Curtis grabbed her co-star, Michelle Yeoh, and planted a big kiss on her.«I kissed her?, Did I really kiss her?» Curtis joked to ET's Denny Directo, backstage during the ceremony. «I love Michelle Yeoh.
Jamie Lee Curtis has a bit of advice for the cast of CBS’s True Lies series.
Jamie Lee Curtis addressed nepotism in Hollywood after winning a Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday. "I'm wearing the wedding ring that my father gave my mother," Curtis told the audience as she accepted the award for her role in "Everything Everywhere All At Once." She reminded the room at the Fairmont Century Plaza that her famous parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, didn't always have the perfect love story. "They hated each other, by the way.
Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her parents and Michelle Yeoh while picking up her win during the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Jamie Lee Curtis is joking about the nepo baby debate!
the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday.“I got my SAG card when I was 19 years old, when I signed a seven-year contract to Universal Studios and starred in an ABC TV series called the ‘Operation Petticoat,’ which was based on the movie that my father, Tony Curtis — nepo baby! — starred in,” Curtis — the daughter of “Psycho” star Janet Leigh and the “Some Like It Hot” actor Curtis — said during the “I Am an Actor” opening.“I was fired from that TV show a year later and I thought my life was over,” she continued. “But the good news is that if I hadn’t been fired from ‘Operation Petticoat,’ I would have never had the opportunity to audition for a little tiny, no-budget horror movie called ‘Halloween.’ My name is Jamie Lee Curtis, and I am, proudly, an actor.”Jamie Lee Curtis proudly referring to herself as a nepo baby during her “I am an actor” speech was perfection #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/5vksrPUHThThe “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star, 64, also made a joke about being a nepo baby — a contentious title much-discussed after a recent New York Magazine cover story diving into Hollywood’s dynasty — while accepting her award for best female supporting actor for her performance.“I know you look at me and think, ‘Nepo baby, that’s why you’re here.’ I totally get it,” said Curtis.
Jamie Lee Curtis' love for Michelle Yeoh is everything, everywhere, all at once!The actress won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday, and she celebrated by planting a kiss right on her co-star's lips!Curtis also took a moment in her speech — in which she again poked fun at herself for being a «nepo baby» — to say that Yeoh was the reason she signed on to star in the «weird» movie that's earned her a career-first Oscar nomination,“Where is Michelle Yeoh??" she asked the crowd. «I say 'Michelle.' You say 'Yeoh!'...Michelle Yeoh, I love you I love you I love you!»Jamie Lee Curtis kisses Michelle Yeoh after winning Female Actor in a Supporting Role at the #SAGAwards. pic.twitter.com/CRYlfYZaZxET caught up with Curtis on the SAG Awards red carpet, who said she was loving the awards season appreciation for «This is Entertainment.
Jamie Lee Curtis is a nepo baby, and proud of it!The actress wasted no time poking fun at herself during the 2023 SAG Awards, as she received major applause during the traditional «I'm an actor» introductions that open the annual awards show.Curtis told the crowd about getting her SAG card at 19 years old and being hired — and quickly fired — from a short-lived TV series called which was based on a film of the same name that starred her father, Tony Curtis. Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh, was also an actress, best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's .«Nepo baby!» she exclaimed, to big laughs from the crowd. However, getting fired from Curtis pointed out, freed her up to appear in a «little no-budget horror film» that ended up kicking off the franchise.ET caught up with Curtis on the SAG Awards red carpet, who said she was loving the awards season appreciation for, which landed the actress her first career Oscar nomination this year.«This is Entertainment. This is the season of shiny things.
Michelle Yeoh added a wow factor of texture for a statement look at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night (February 26) at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
gushed to Deadline Saturday night, explaining that the lack of enthusiasm on the crowd’s face was in part due to cameramen shoving cameras into the actor’s faces.Both DeBose, 32, and Curtis were in attendance at Sunday night’s SAG Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles, California. Curtis dazzled in a low plunging red gown while DeBose was pretty in pink in a two-piece suit.“Angela Bassett did the thing, Viola Davis my ‘Woman King,’ Blanchett Cate you’re a genius, Jamie Lee you are all of us,” DeBose, 32, rapped at the opening of the BAFTAs, which quickly became a meme.The clash of applause and critique from the internet prompted the Golden Globe-winning actress to deactivate her Twitter account.“She is a fantastic talent, these people should shut the f–k up, back the f–k off and let this woman shine just her light,” Curtis chided the haters.Her comments join in the chorus of praise for the performance amidst the online disgust – even BAFTA showrunner Nick Bullen slammed the critics, saying they probably “don’t like change.” “The songs she was singing are very familiar songs, the room was clapping, and people were sort of dancing to the music,” Bullen told Variety.
set a new standard for the high-octane action-comedy genre, and Jamie Lee Curtis clearly still feels a great deal of connection to her iconic character, Helen Tasker.Speaking with ET's Denny Directo at this year's SAG Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Curtis was asked about the upcoming TV adaptation/remake of the 1994 blockbuster, and she shared her hopes for the project.«I mean, I loved Helen, she was a great character for me and it was so fun,» Curtis recalled. «So I hope it's funny and great.»«And my guess is it will be because they're talented people doing the work,» she added.The new series stars Ginger Gonzaga as Helen, alongside Steve Howey playing Harry Tasker — the role originated by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original movie. The TV show comes from creator Matt Nix, best known for creating and.Curtis also had some key advice for the actors taking on the iconic roles, and it all revolved around safety and self-care.«Wear knee pads, and pads, because all I can tell you is I got very bruised,» Curtis shared.
Jamie Lee Curtis is not holding back.