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Being a movie star 24×7 may be glamorous, but it is not an easy job. For actors, sacrificing their personal lives for the sake of a professional one comes with the territory. However, the line between right and wrong starts getting blurry when the job begins to cost them emotionally. Jamie Lee Curtis realized as much but felt too powerless to make real changes in her life… that is until she found a specific brand of yogurt.
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For decades, the famous actress has continued to contribute to the screen and make her mark in the industry. But the price of success was too high to bear at times and with each film on her roster, theHalloweenstar felt pushed farther away from her family. Jamie Lee Curtis finally allows herself to catch a break and center herself after 40+ years in Hollywood.
Jamie Lee Curtis Sets Her Priorities Straight
Scream queenJamie Lee Curtisredefined the label with her work in horror and slasher genre movies. Getting her start inJohn Carpenter‘s iconic 1978 filmHalloween, there has hardly been any looking back for Lee Curtis ever since. After her debut at 19, the actress went on to establish a steady leading lady presence in a male-dominated industry, earning her spots while navigating the delicate balance between her personal and professional lives.
After 44 years, fate began to turn around and take notice of Lee Curtis when she finally landed back-to-back awards in recognition of her work inEverything Everywhere All At Onceand her guest role in FX’sThe Bear.She won her first Academy Award for her supporting role in the former and an Emmy for the latter within the span of 2 years.
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However, while the actress was raising herself to the uppermost echelons of honor awarded by Hollywood, the priorities that drove her toward her passion and ambition slowly began to change along the way. No longer could movies afford her the ultimate happiness when she had to leave behind her newborn infant at home for the sake of her work.
Jamie Lee Curtis Explains Her “Sh*tty” Commercial
For an industry professional and a second-generation movie star who rose to prominence over the past four decades, doing a yogurt commercial does not seem like a profitable or even smart business decision. However, for 7 years, Jamie Lee Curtis used her talent to sell yogurt on television for a tragic reason.
During an appearance onThe Kingcastpodcast, the 62-year-old actress was ambushed with questions about her “cool” career by co-host Scott Wampler. But in reply, Jamie Lee Curtis admitted that her career caused immense strife within her family because besides being an actress, she was also a mother and a wife. She recalled an instance from her time filmingA Fish Called Wandathat involved“crying on the way to work and the way back from work because I just felt sh*tty.”
That incident then contributed to her decision to make some changes in terms of her career. Referring to her stint doing commercials for Activia, Lee Curtis claimed:
Part of the reason why I’ve done commercials… I’ve been doing commercials for a very, very, very long time partially so I can ameliorate all of that distance from my family. It allowed me to earn money and stay home.
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I had two kids and I needed to stay home. So I make no excuses about it, but it just gives you an idea, why does somebody do that? They do that for money… and for me, it was an easier way to make money and it allowed me to stay home and attempt to be a better mom, which was my primary purpose.
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Moreover, while making her return to acting in David Gordon Green’sHalloweenin 2018, Jamie Lee Curtis expressed her gratitude toward the director for giving her“a chance to be an actress again. Because I haven’t. I sold yogurt that makes you sh*t for 7 years. And it’s really beautiful to be able to have done something that has some depth. It’s been amazing.”[viaTooFab]
Now, Jamie Lee Curtis enjoys a welcome balance in her life as she straddles an Oscar and an Emmy while returning to her roots with the finalHalloweentrilogy after four decades.
Halloween,Halloween Kills, andHalloween Endsare available to buy/rent on Prime Video and Apple TV.
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
