Quotes About Aging

In 1900, the average life expectancy of a US citizen was 48, so most menopausal women were dead, which is not a great place to be.

I think when an actress is good, roles in mid-forties is a great thing.

I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.

It's funny, as most players get worse on the greens as they get older, but I feel it's the other way with me.

I have a few grey hairs. I dye them. I don't let them show when I'm reading the news.

Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful.

I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.

I'm sprouting more than one wonderful grey hair.

A lot of actors just don't seem grown up no matter how old they get... just juveniles with grey hair.

Getting a grey beard's not cool.

I have been grey since I was 20 years old!

I'd like to change my butt. It hangs a little too long. God forbid what it will look like when I'm older. It will probably be dragging along on the ground behind me.

If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.

I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

If I ever grow up, I don't want to be around for it.

What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

The main fear about growing old as an actor is not losing the looks. I never had any to speak of, and what I had I've still got, but losing the memory is another matter.

I'm just growing old, darling. I don't know about gracefully.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.