Celebrity · Posted 3 minutes ago Jamie Lee Curtis Just Told Us The 1 Really "Great" Thing About Making Mistakes Now that's some good advice. by Joseph Longo BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Jamie Lee Curtis has been a Hollywood icon for decades, including her legendary role as Laurie Strode in the Halloween films and her Oscar-winning performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once . Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic / Getty Images But as she's repeatedly made clear , Jamie has her personal challenges, just like the rest of us.
Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images Fortunately, with experience comes wisdom, and Jamie just told us about the beauty of making mistakes. Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images BuzzFeed asked Jamie , on the premiere red carpet for her new film Borderlands, what the biggest mistake she'd ever made was. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic / Getty Images While Jamie didn't state a specific mistake, her answer was still incredibly honest.
..and helpful.
BuzzFeed / Via instagram.com "Here's what I'll tell you: I'm sober 25 years," she said. "I made mistakes in my life.
There's no question." BuzzFeed / Via instagram.com She then imparted some much-needed wisdom.
"You know, the great thing about mistakes is when you take responsibility for them. That's the goal," she said. "To me, every human being makes [mistakes].
We're human. We make mistakes; we're contradictory; [and] we're flawed. We are challenged people because we're trying to do.
..often we do something and say another.
We're contradictory." BuzzFeed / Via instagram.com "But to me the great thing of mistakes is when you own it and the freedom of being able to say I blew it or I made a terrible mistake or little mistake and take responsibility and move on," she continued.
BuzzFeed / Via instagram.com "It's not the specific mistake. It's how you handle the mistake," she said.
BuzzFeed / Via instagram.com No truer words have been spoken. Thank you, Jamie.
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