BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Politics were top of mind for Jamie Lee Curtis, who hosted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants presentation Thursday evening at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Curtis spoke in broad terms about the HFPA’s generosity in awarding nearly $2.4 million in grants to over 55 charities, educational institutions, and film preservation efforts, before going off script with some words about the election.
“Here’s what I want to say about the election and then I will shut the (expletive) up: Get some skin in the game,” Curtis said.
She spoke about Sebastian Junger’s recently released book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging,” and a conversation between Junger and his father who told him that he owed his country something.
“You owe your country something,” she said. “Whoever you’re for, whatever party you’re with, get some skin in the game. Do something. Get out there, knock on doors.”