Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis talk about working moms

Anderson plays a single mother juggling career and motherhood in the new film The Last Showgirl, and the two actresses opened up about their struggles balancing careers and parenting.

The Last Showgirl starring Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis is currently in theaters.

Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis were interviewed Paradeand both actresses said there's “no perfect way” to balance being a mom while working on a career.

Anderson has two children, Brandon, 27, and Dylan, 26, with her Mötley Crüe drummer ex-husband. Tommy Lee.

Jamie Lee Curtis also has two children, Annie, 38, and Ruby, 28, with husband Christopher Guest.

In “The Last Showgirl,” her daughter tells Anderson's character that she was “hurt” by her mother's career.

“At the heart of the film is a story about a single mother who has made a choice to pursue her art, and the consequences of having a child come back and say, 'It hurts me that you chose your art over me,'” Curtis said. mothers in the world will see this film and identify with this complex issue.”

“I have two children, 38 and 28, and I've worked all their lives and I've suffered for it,” she continued. “And they've suffered for it, and it's a difficult dance.”

“There's no perfect way to do it,” Anderson said. “We're all going to face our grown children and ask for forgiveness… It's still always heartbreaking. You just feel responsible.”

“There's no perfect way,” Curtis agreed.

The Last Showgirl is a new film from director Gia Coppola about a 57-year-old Las Vegas dancer as she faces the end of her long-running show, Le Razzle Dazzle.

Curtis plays Anderson's best friend in the film, and both women have been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for their performances, Curtis for Outstanding Supporting Actress and Anderson for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture.

Anderson, 57, has embraced aging and often appears on the Red Carpet without makeup.

After making headlines for her makeup-free appearance at Paris Fashion Week in March 2024, the former “Baywatch” actress shared the news on Instagram which summed up her feelings about what is important in life.

“Life humbles you,” she wrote. “As you get older…you stop chasing the big things and start appreciating the little things…Alone time, enough sleep, good nutrition, long walks and quality time with loved ones. Simplicity becomes the ultimate goal.”

Sixty-six-year-old Curtis also shared her feelings about aging and noted that aging takes courage.

“Aging is not for the faint of heart,” she said. “It takes a really brave moment to look in the mirror and you're looking at the truth.”

The “Halloween” actress also said that social media and filters don't help, “because people have to accept who they are.”

“No one gets out of this without facing it,” she added. “You hope at some point you do it with some grace. I've tried to do it with some grace, but I can't.”

She also noted the irony of spending most of her life saying she was older than she was.

“My whole life I've said I'm older than I am,” Curtis said. “For example, when I was 25, I said I was approaching 30 and people said, 'no, you're 25,' and I was like, 'I know, but I'm kissing 30,' so I've always been. I've always been obsolete.”

Curtis revealed that “The Last Showgirl” was shot in just 18 days. The “True Lies” star also said that the film is predominantly female.

“The dynamic is that the movie was shot in 18 days,” Curtis said. “It was a really intense, beautiful fusion of artists and women, mostly women. And, you know, we're playing best friends, so it was in a weird way, the moment we touched, it was like all my life experiences fell into me and we we continued.

“Yeah, and we're together,” Anderson added.