Jamie Lee Curtis says she has been “self‑retiring” for three decades, determined to quit acting on her own terms rather than feel Hollywood shut its doors as it did to her parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Speaking over the weekend, the 66‑year‑old Oscar winner revealed she is “prepping to get out” once a short slate of promised projects is complete, adding that she would prefer to “leave the party before I’m no longer invited”.
Chief among those commitments is Disney’s body‑swap sequel Freakier Friday, now set for theatres on 8 August and reuniting her with Lindsay Lohan after 22 years. She has also confirmed that she will front a feature reboot of Murder, She Wrote, describing the long‑rumoured deal as “a minute away” from the start of production.
Curtis used a recent photo shoot to wear oversized red wax lips, which she called a protest against what she sees as the “cosmeceutical industrial complex” driving women toward surgical alteration. She likened the trend to a cultural “genocide” that has “disfigured generations,” remarks that drew both praise and criticism on social media. The actor, who underwent eyelid surgery at 25 and has “regretted it ever since,” said the lips “really send it home” that natural ageing should be celebrated rather than erased.
Retirement talk has not slowed her workload. In addition to Freakier Friday and Murder, She Wrote, she is producing wildfire drama The Lost Bus, preparing to star in Amazon’s Scarpetta series opposite Nicole Kidman and boarding psychological thriller Sender with Britt Lower. Industry analysts note that her 2023 Academy Award for Everything Everywhere All at Once gave Curtis the leverage to choose such “curated exits,” framing her stance as a high‑profile challenge to ageism amid ongoing debates about Hollywood’s treatment of older women.
