Overview

• Curtis says she has been quietly preparing to exit Hollywood for 30 years to circumvent the ageism that sidelined her parents’ careers.
• She staged a wax lips photoshoot to protest what she calls the cosmeceutical industrial complex’s “genocide” of natural beauty.
• Reflecting on a procedure she regretted at 25, Curtis warned that AI-driven filters are intensifying unrealistic appearance ideals.
• She argued that the industry’s dismissal of older actors causes a painful erosion of their fame, livelihood and legacy.
• Her upcoming slate includes starring in Disney’s Freakier Friday on August 8, leading a Murder, She Wrote reboot and producing Scarpetta, Sender and Ella McCay.