Jamie Lee Curtis has mastered the grueling art of being herself. Whether it’s her Twitter musings (in all capitals), her embrace of aging (letting her hair go gray and swearing off Botox), or naming her 2023 Oscar, for best supporting actress, “They” in honor of her transgender daughter, Curtis doesn’t hold back. Her larger-than-life personality is matched by the equally distinctive characters she portrays on-screen, from those in True Lies and A Fish Called Wanda to Freaky Friday and The Bear. To celebrate the release of her latest film, Borderlands, in which Curtis acts alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart, she shares her favorite things. In true Curtis style, she answered every single question in record time. —Clara Molot
Airline: One that lands.
Airport: One that is empty.
Alibi: Dog is sick.
Apps: Snapseed, Instasize, and Shazam.
Bag: Karl Lagerfeld x Amber Valletta Mirum plastic-free, fossil-fuel-free, leather-alternative tote.
Bedtime: 6:30 P.M.
Bike: My Honda 50.
Birthday: I love old-school vanilla cake with buttercream frosting.
Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Emphasis on “friend.”
Breakfast, weekday: Röckenwagner granola.
Breakfast, weekend: What is a weekend?
Car: My Cadillac Lyriq.
Child: Mine.
Cocktail:
Sober as fuck.
Cocktail appetizer: Potato chips.
Couple: Hans and Patti Röckenwagner.
Date: Dear John’s.
Diet: One with corn chips.
Dinner, weekday: My Caesar salad.
Dinner, weekend: Bougie Tots and Shrimp Louie salad, from Dear Jane’s.
Disguise: None work.
Dress: PJs.
Drive: Anywhere heading home.
Enemy: People trying to restrict other people’s freedoms.
Escape: My nickname is “Flee.”
Excuse: Try not to make them.
Family: Mine.
First Lady/First Man: Not fair to pick.
Fit:
Anything with Lycra.
Flaw: Really early.
Foil: Someone who is really late.
Friend: Honest.
Good-bye: A warm “aloha.”
Hideaway: Not telling.
Hotel: Beverly Hills Hotel.
Indulgence: I am a replicant. I buy multiples.
Insult: “Fuck off.”
Jacket: Herno.
Kiss-off: “Ciao.”
Last meal: Brunch at Dear Jane’s.
Lunch, weekday: Lettuce wraps.
Lunch, weekend: Omelet.
Match: Diamond Strike Anywhere.
Movie: This Is Spinal Tap.
Name: God.
Neighbor: Mine.
Nonfiction book: The Book of Awakening.
Novel: Shōgun.
Pair of pants: Ruti.
Pair of shoes: New Balance 327.
Pen: Graf von Faber-Castell.
Pet: Runi.
Piece of advice: Advice is actually hostile.
Podcast: Ultra.
President:
One that fights for democracy.
Restaurant: Dear John’s or Dear Jane’s.
Ride: The O.G. Disney Carousel of Progress.
Saying: “Hold, please.”
Second spouse: My first one.
Singer: Joni Mitchell.
Spouse: Chris.
Street: I grew up on a dirt road.
Storm: The “Fishes” episode of The Bear.
Television series: The Bear.
Theme song to your life: “Twisted.”
Time of day: 4:45 A.M.
Toast: Sourdough with fresh raspberry jam.
Vacation: Quiet.
Victim: Someone who gets caught doing something bad.
View: Secret.
Wake-up time: Four A.M.
Weekend bag: Bandolier phone case.
Work of art: The “My Hand in Yours” Together hands, by Anne Ricketts.
Jamie Lee’s Essentials
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