Age Is but a Number. Just Ask These Stars

Jamie Lee Curtis, 58

"Aging is as natural as a baby’s softness and scent. Aging is human evolution in its pure form." — to HuffPost

Diane Lane, 52

"I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Just like the weather is the great equalizer, so is aging." — to Good Housekeeping

Oprah Winfrey, 63

"Every year should teach you something valuable; whether you get the lesson is up to you. Every year brings you closer to expressing your whole and healed self. I celebrate that. Honor it. Hold it in reverence. And I'm grateful for every age I'm blessed to become." — on Oprah.com

Judi Dench, 82

"It's the rudest word in my dictionary, 'retire.' And 'old' is another one. I don't allow that in my house. And being called 'vintage.' I don't want any of those old words. I like 'enthusiastic' and I like the word 'cut' because that means you've finished the shot." — to the Hollywood Reporter

Helen Mirren, 72

"You only have two options in life: Die young or get old. There is nothing else. The idea of dying young when you're 25 is kind of cool — a bit romantic, like James Dean. But then you realize that life is too much fun to do that. It's fascinating and wonderful and emotional." — to AARP The Magazine

Ringo Starr, 77

"I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life ... being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself." — to the Los Angeles Times

Sharon Stone, 59

"You have to sit down and take a good look at yourself, particularly as you grow older and your face changes. People are afraid of changing; that they’re losing something. They don’t understand that they are also gaining something." — to New You

Keith Richards, 73

"Getting old is a fascinating thing. The older you get, the older you want to get!" — on Twitter

Yoko Ono, 84

“Some people are old when they’re 18 and some people are young when they’re 90. You can’t define people by whatever society determines as their age. Time is a concept that human beings created.” — to the Guardian

Robert De Niro, 74

"So here's the thing about aging: You feel it. There are a lot of people who are they can understand. Someday they will." — Act Two Magazine

Harrison Ford, 75

"I just don’t think of age and time in respect of years. I just have too much experience of people in their 70s who are vigorous and useful and people that are 35 that are in [lousy] physical shape and can’t think straight. I don’t think age has that much to do with it.” — in People

Denzel Washington, 62

“When I turned 60 I looked in the mirror and I said, ‘Denzel, this is not a dress rehearsal. This is life. It’s not a matter of how much you have, the question is what you’re gonna do with your talents, with your gifts.' I knew in my heart at 60 that I wanted to serve God, to serve my family and to see others do well.” — at the 2017 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

James Earl Jones, 86

“I’m an actor, and actors can work until they fall over, as long as you don’t knock over the furniture and remember the lines. And that’s what I intend to do because I love it. I think I want to do comedy now. At my age, if you’re going to make an ass of yourself, you can do comedy. I’m ready for that.” — to AOL

Morgan Freeman, 80

"I know it seems I’ve always been around, but my movie career didn’t begin in earnest until I was 50 years old. These last 30 years have been the best of my life, and I’ve learned a lot on this journey. I’ve learned that with all the advantages of being a grownup come responsibility: responsibility to be true to yourself, to honor those who came before you, to leave the world a better place when you go.” — at the 2017 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

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