Name: Jamie Lee Curtis Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Halloween' to 'Freaky Friday' | Vanity Fair
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- That to me, where the creative process, is,

The superlative

Present continuous

- So I was 19 years old, I was under contract

at Universal as a contract player which is a old system

I, was cast because I was paid already by Universal,

Quincy was looking for someone and he opens

the drape of the dressing room and I'm there,

You know, obviously, that was going to bode

You won't find who you're looking for in here mister.

And then at the button is the scene is me leaving.

- The guy who drove so fast, that one you yelled out.

I had done a TV series that I had been fired from

which was just brand new was now gonna be over.

And, had I not been fired from "Operation Petticoat",

I would not have been availible to audition for "Halloween".

"Operation Petticoat" was canceled I think two weeks

after its second season and obviously "Halloween"

So, it was the methodology of the shooting,

I think however many people are in this room right now

shooting this, we had that many people on the entire crew.

It was a small group of guerrilla filmmakers,

two trucks and a Winnebago that had every department.

We just drove around the city and made this movie.

There was something incredibly freeing and fun

being with really, basically young people and everyone

kind of working together to make this movie.

There was nothing fancy about it on any level.

I've certainly missed that and tried to find that again

I was a young actress and there were three parts

I thought I would have been like a really good

I auditioned I think three or four times for Lori.

- The only pivot I've ever done in my entire life

was make a decision after I did the sequel to "Halloween",

which was called "Halloween 2" at the time,

I said I was not gonna do any more horror films.

From that, almost immediately, I was doing a television

film that chronicled the very sad, tragic life and death

She was a Playboy playmate who was murdered

And then almost immediately after that I made

a movie called "Love Letters" and from that I auditioned

for "Trading Places", but really, the gift of that

he had done a documentary about horror film trailers

and he needed narrator for that documentary short.

And I shot for three, four days on the back lot

I can tell you that when he suggested that I play

the part in "Trading Places", I guarantee you

and know for sure was met with not only incredulity,

And I know that John was like, no, this who I want

to have play this part, so I'm grateful and will always

be in incredibly grateful to him for having that

not only courage, to say no, this is who I want,

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