Jamie Lee Curtis
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Jamie Lee Curtis sits down with Questlove for an intimate, funny, and deeply motivating conversation about unlocking your greatness. With her signature candor, Jamie reflects on learning to stop shrinking herself and fully embrace her power—and how a recent connection with Quest helped her see that vision more clearly.
In this wide-ranging chat, Jamie shares how she likes to be coached, the surprising lessons she’s learned from her dog, and why she refuses to dwell on the comments. As she prepares for her latest endeavor, Scarpetta, Jamie also opens up about the creative freedom behind projects like Everything Everywhere All at Once, True Lies, A Fish Called Wanda, and The Bear—and what those experiences taught her about trusting the process and owning your voice.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | The Questleff show is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:20.3 | Are we on? Are we on? |
| 0:21.5 | Are we on? |
| 0:23.3 | We're fucking always on. |
| 0:24.3 | We're always on. |
| 0:25.3 | But like, so Jimmy did what? |
| 0:27.3 | Okay, so Phil Collins is on the Tonight Show and he's agreed to let the roots play in the air tonight as the song. |
| 0:36.0 | Right. |
| 0:36.7 | And of course, you know, it comes with the iconic drum roll. It's incredible. I went all out for this. I went and found the drum set that he actually played on. Of course you did. Brought it in. Of course you did. We are preparing for it. Of course you did. And the entire show from the top of the show. We had Phil Collins tonight. Don't mess up. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm here. Like literally. Yeah. He meant it jokingly. And so we're on the last verse. I remember. And all of a sudden, I look to my right. And you can see Jimmy's head poking out like the parent of a school play. Like, don't mess this up. And whenever I'm in a situation where, okay, this is what my therapist calls, this is me man of fucking myself. Uh-huh. And I was like, all right, I can't mess up. I can't mess. You've done this a million times. Like literally my head. Right. You can't do this. You mess up. And literally he's like, and you told me. And I'm like, can't mess up. It's easy. You know, do-d- do, do, do. He's like, her it doesn't show. All right. I mean, you got this. Pain still grows. I'm looking at the band. Everyone's looking to do the you and me. And I hit myself right in the first. Of course you did. Yes, of course you did. |
| 1:44.8 | First hit it. |
| 1:46.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.1 | I hit myself in the face. |
| 1:48.9 | All right. |
| 1:49.3 | I played that song last night in the car on the drive to the premiere of Scarpetta. |
| 1:54.4 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:54.8 | It's like a fight song. |
| 1:56.2 | You know, it was raining and like it was sort of like my pump up song before going into the you still need that |
| 2:04.1 | after all this time you need to get in the mind state of i do i do yeah i used to listen to the |
| 2:11.7 | theme song from rocky oh going to fly now yeah but no dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. I used to listen to it in my car in its entirety just to sort of like give me a little pump up. Wow. It's good to know that. You still have to. I figure after a police in a person's career where they're already arrived that, you know, they just show up. |
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