Jamie Lee Curtis reveals plastic surgery she got at 25 that she regrets

Daily Mail​

14-05-2025

revealed that a remark led to a plastic surgery she got at 25-years-old which she now regrets.
The 66-year-old Oscar winning actress - who reunited with True Lies costar Arnold Schwarzenegger this week - talked about feeling pressure to get plastic surgery earlier in her career and the mental toll it look later.
She revealed that she went under the knife after hearing some critical comments over her looks from a cinematographer on set of her 1985 film Perfect as she starred alongside John Travolta.
Jamie told 60 Minutes in an interview which aired on Sunday: 'He was like, "Yeah, I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy."
'And I was 25, so for him to say that, it was very embarrassing. So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery.'
Jamie proceeded to get a plastic surgery to remove the puffiness from her eyes but ultimately felt that the surgery didn't go well and that she still regrets it to this day.
The star explained: 'That's just not what you want to do when you're 25 or 26. And I regretted it immediately and have kind of sort of regretted it since.'
The Freaky Friday actress went on to say that she regrets the decision now more than ever as she has become an advocate for natural beauty.
She said: 'I've become a really public advocate to say to women you're gorgeous and you're perfect the way you are. So yeah, it was not a good thing for me to do.'
Another tough thing which came as a result of the plastic surgery was that she became dependent on painkillers following the plastic surgery.
Jamie explained: 'I became very enamored with the warm bath of an opiate.
'You know, drank a little bit … never to access, never any big public demonstrations. I was very quiet, very private about it, but it became a dependency for sure.'
This year the star celebrated 26 years of sobriety.
Days ago Jamie planted a kiss on her True Lies costar Arnold Schwarzenegger 30 years after stripping for him in the blockbuster action romance film.
The 66-year-old star revealed that she went under the knife after hearing some critical comments over her looks from a cinematographer on set of her 1985 film Perfect as she starred alongside John Travolta
She revealed that she went under the knife after hearing some critical comments over her looks from a cinematographer on set of her 1985 film Perfect as she starred alongside John Travolta as Jamie told 60 Minutes in an interview which aired on Sunday: 'He was like, "Yeah, I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy." And I was 25, so for him to say that, it was very embarrassing. So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery'
The star - who recently made an emotional plea to Mark Zuckerberg over AI - was joined by the 77-year-old action man at Amazon's Upfront 2025 presentation in New York City on Monday night.
The two definitely seemed happy to have a reunion as Jamie planted a kiss on Arnold backstage at the event held at the iconic at Beacon Theatre in the Big Apple.
The two chatted it up backstage and posed for a few snaps together before hitting the stage together.
On stage the two couldn't keep their hands off one another as the Everything Everywhere All At Once actress even grabbed the Predator star by the face like she was going to smooch him on the lips.
Jamie was later joined by Elizabeth Banks and Octavia Spencer on stage.
A few years ago Jamie Lee said her iconic striptease in the 1994 action-comedy flick True Lies was completely improvised.
During a June 2021 episode of the People In The 90's podcast, the actress opened up about the famous scene.
'The thing that nobody knows: There was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer. Jim [ James Cameron ] said to me, "What do you want to dance to?"'
The actress said she asked for the John Hiatt song Alone in the Dark and she spent the next three days on set dancing like 'nobody [is] around'.
'We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter,' Curtis said of filming the scene.
The Knives Out actress also pointed out that the fall in the middle of the performance was also unscripted and was the result of a suggestion by Cameron.
She recalled: 'We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter, and at one point, Jim walked up and whispered in my ear: "If I get a pad, will you let go of the pole?" And I said, "sure."'
Curtis added that the scene was a major hit with audiences upon the feature's release and expressed that it 'will be forever the single biggest laugh I will ever get in my life.'
The actress noted that Cameron, 70, made the last-minute suggestion as a way of making the scene less serious and more accessible to a wider audience.
'It's because Jim knew that the dance was too sexy, it was too real...he knew he needed to break the spell of what the husband had put his wife through. I think we did two takes where I let go of the pole,' she said.
The Halloween star revealed that Cameron had written the script with her in mind, which she particularly appreciated.
The two definitely seemed happy to have a reunion as Jamie planted a kiss on Arnold backstage at the event held at the iconic at Beacon Theatre in the Big Apple
'The reason why that was spectacular for me was because Jim wrote it for me...when that happens, there's a reason somebody writes it for you. They hear you in their head,' she said.
Curtis went on to note that, as she was the project's intended leading actress, she was given the impression that Cameron was willing to let her experiment with the role and truly make it her own.
Specifically, she expressed that, while working on both True Lies and A Fish Called Wanda, she was grateful for 'the most freedom that I've ever felt as a performer.'
The Freaky Friday star also revealed that she was informed about the role months prior to being officially cast which 'meant by the end of August, I was going to be dancing around in my nether beings, in my little undies.
True Lies was originally released in July of 1994 and was a remake of the 1991 French film La Totale!
True Lies was met with a generally positive critical reception upon its initial release and grossed nearly $380 million at the box office on a budget of over $100 million
The feature was centered around a government agent, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is conflicted about balancing his professional career with his personal life.
The film also starred Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston, among other performers, in various supporting roles.
True Lies was met with a generally positive critical reception upon its initial release and grossed nearly $380 million at the box office on a budget of over $100 million.
Development on a sequel began shortly after the film's debut, and a script was written for the project, although it was eventually canceled following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.
A television series based on the original flick is currently being planned, and a pilot is expected to be filmed later this year, with Cameron remaining involved as an executive producer.