Julia Sawalha Quotes

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.

I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.

I don't understand people getting depressed about getting older. There is nothing you can do about it, so you might as well embrace it.

As you age, you have this vast cauldron of experience to draw from. Some of the experiences are great; some of them you wish you'd never had. But all of them shape the work that you do and the person you become. It's just inevitable.

I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself.

By the time we've hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons.

I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

As you get older, you come to a place in life where you can't just live in the present.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

I've become a lot wiser over the years.

That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.

Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.