Jamie Lee Curtis says she's been 'sucking her stomach in since she was 11'

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By stefan armitage

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Jamie Lee Curtis has shared a powerful message about how people "conceal" their true selves, as she admits: "I never felt more free creatively and physically."

The 63-year-old Hollywood star is set to appear in the upcoming movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once, which is set to hit movie theaters later this month.

However, prior to the movie's release, Curtis took to Instagram to share an important message with her 3.9 million followers.

Sharing a behind-the-scenes shot of her dressed as her character in the upcoming movie, IRS inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdra, Curtis accompanied the post with a lengthy caption about how people choose to "conceal" themselves, and this was something the actor did not want when creating the movie.

"WELL.... here we GO," the caption started. "Two years ago we made this movie right up until the day the world shut down. We just finished in time."

After introducing her character, Curtis continued: "In the world, there is an industry — a billion-dollar, trillion-dollar industry — about hiding things. Concealers. Body-shapers. Fillers. Procedures. Clothing. Hair accessories. Hair products. Everything to conceal the reality of who we are. And my instruction to everybody was: I want there to be no concealing of anything.

"I've been sucking my stomach in since I was 11, when you start being conscious of boys and bodies, and the jeans are super tight. I very specifically decided to relinquish and release every muscle I had that I used to clench to hide the reality.

"That was my goal. I have never felt more free creatively and physically."

And this certainly isn't the first time the actor has spoken out about unrealistic beauty standards.

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Speaking to Fast Company last year, the True Lies star shared her own experience of going ahead with a cosmetic procedure in the past.

"I tried plastic surgery and it didn't work. It got me addicted to Vicodin. I'm 22 years sober now," she revealed.

What's more, Curtis slammed the popularity of altering one's appearance, adding: "The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering, and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty.

"Once you mess with your face, you can't get it back," she added.

Curtis also described social media as "a real danger to young people".

Elaborating on her comments, she said: "It's like giving a chain saw to a toddler. We just don’t know the longitudinal effect, mentally, spiritually, and physically, on a generation of young people who are in agony because of social media, because of the comparisons to others.

"All of us who are old enough know that it’s all a lie."

Everything Everywhere All At Once will hit movie theaters on March 25.

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