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Jamie Lee Curtis - Actress, Author, Activist & Mother

November 18, 2011

Quick Take

Jamie Lee Curtis - Actress, Author, Activist & Mother

By MariaShriver.com

1. What are your three words to live by? Why do these words guide your life?

Sobriety - Without it, I have nothing.

Love - My favorite quote from No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod is: "All of us are better when we're loved."

Humor - In Joni Mitchell's song, People's Parties, she wrote: "Laughing and crying you know it's the same release."

2. What does being an Architect of Change mean to you?

I think it means being brave and not being calcified in our family patterns.

3. Who do you consider to be an Architect of Change in your life?

Every sober woman I know.

4. What's the most important lesson you've learned in life?

That I am not in control.

5.  What is one thing you are working on right now that you feel especially passionate about?

My family.
 

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