At the 'Freakier Friday' premiere, Jamie Lee Curtis chats with THR and reveals how she almost left Hollywood before the original film. Plus, she describes why it was important for her to keep a strong bond with her co-star Lindsay Lohan and reveals what it was like seeing her become a mom.
00:00I was looking up your interviews from when you did the first movie in 2003 and you were saying how right before that film you were thinking maybe it was time for you to leave Hollywood.
00:07Well, I think that every I've actually thought that for decades because I am the daughter of Hollywood actors and I watched them lose the opportunities to do the work they loved.
00:25I watched it and I am highly aware that that cliff is coming, comes for everybody.
00:32And so I've always thought I'd rather do an Irish exit and kind of cut out before you don't ask me anymore that I then have the power, not you, because I watched my parents want it and not get it.
00:49And that's heartbreaking.
00:52That totally makes sense. But I mean, these past 22 years since the first film, you've won an Oscar, an Emmy.
00:56I understand. I am younger today than I was 22 years ago. Way younger.
01:03I love that. What would 22 years ago, 2003 Jamie, think of just the past 22 years of your career?
01:09Well, she wouldn't believe they would have ever happened because she would have been trying to get out before they stopped asking her.
01:15And that's just serendipity. That's just good fortune. That's just dumb luck.
01:22That's, you know, life hinging on a couple seconds I never saw coming.
01:29And then my life pivots and changes. And now I'm standing here 22 years later headlining a movie.
01:36And I love that through it all, you and Lindsay have stayed close and you've been in her life.
01:39Why was it important for you to continue to be there for her in that way?
01:42Because show business is transactional and I want young people to understand that people don't want anything from them.
01:52And when you work with a young actor like Lindsay, who is 15, I said to her from day one,
01:57I want nothing from you except your own peace and serenity.
02:02And I will, I am safe. Like I'm, I'm a home base. I, I don't want anything.
02:08I'm not going to ask you to come to anything. I don't want, I mean,
02:11I ask her now to sign stuff for children's hospital Los Angeles. But other than that,
02:15I don't, I don't want her to feel transactional with me. I want her to feel loved.
02:22And that's what she says about you, that you're one of her safe people.
02:24As somebody who's watched her grow, what's the sort of role you'd love to see her take on next?
02:29Oh, she's doing it. She's a mommy. She's a great mom.
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