Jamie Lee Curtis Looking at their legendary parent’s careers as a warning sign for when leaving Hollywood. Curtis, who is the daughter of the “Psycho” icon Janet Leigh and “some like the hot” star Tony Curtistold The custodian Witnessing how Hollywood treated her parents when they aged led to her having an early retirement plan.
“I witnessed that my parents lost what gave them their fame and their lives and their livelihood when the industry rejected them at a certain age,” Curtis said. “I saw them reach incredible success and then get it slowly to where it was gone. And it’s very painful.”
Curtis added that she has been “self -pensioned for 30 years”, and said, “I have prepared to get out, so I don’t have to suffer the same thing my family did. I want to leave the party before I am no longer invited. ”
Leigh Dog 2004 with more than 80 screen credits to its name. Her films included “Touch of Evil”, “The Perfect Furlough”, “Angels in the outfield”, “The Manchurian candidate” and “Bye bye Birdie.” Tony Curti’s career stretched similarly six decades; He died in 2010.
Although Curtis is teasing his own pension plan, the actress is confident to stay busy: Curtis leads the sequel “Freakier Friday”, in theaters August 8 and will start together with Nicole Kidman in the Crime Roman adaptation “Scarpetta.” Curtis also restarts “Murder, She wrote,” which her late mother Leigh -guest played in. Curtis will take on the role that the deceased Angela Lansbury, with Curtis with the lead role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher.
“We’re a minute away. But yes, very excited, very excited. But I am, you know, drops my enthusiasm until we start shooting, “Curtis recently mentioned About the restart series. “I have a few other things to stress and then, then I get to enjoy that work.”
Curtis has before shared Her thoughts on the “nepo baby” discourse with having two famous actors as parents. “It’s curious about how we immediately make assumptions And Snide points out that someone who is related to someone else who is known in their area for their art, in any way would not have any talent at all. I have learned that it is simply not true, “Curtis said.” I have fit up and showed up for all kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I have tried to get integrity and professionalism and love and society and art for my work. I’m not alone. There are many of us. Dedicated to our craft. Proud of our family. Strong in our belief in our right to exist. ”
She added, “I have never understood, and I will also not, what qualities made me hire that day, but then my first two lines about” quincy “as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year about 44 years later, there is not a day in my professional life that goes without it I am reminded to me.
