Michelle Pfeiffer Quotes

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

I guess I don't think about age too much. I've always felt older than I really am anyway. I'm not dreading getting older. I don't miss the anxiety of being younger and not knowing what you want or where you’re going.

I'm a late bloomer. I believe 40 is the new 19.

I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

I'm not an aging gracefully type. But I do believe in aging with grace.

I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.

18 to 19 is definitely a brilliant age. Equally, 50 or 60 should be good. Everything is done; you can relax a bit.

I'm looking very much forward to growing older. I want to be an exhausted older woman but with a very full life behind me and one still going.

Well, I'd like to think I am, and I'd also like to think that we're all having a lot more fun getting older than we pretend. It was interesting to me when I first started working on this book that I'd mentioned that I was writing a memoir about aging and everybody would moan and groan and carry on.

If I am to tell you how to grow old gracefully, I must tell you at the beginning of life; for no man can grow old gracefully unless he begins early.

It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasures for every state.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age.

We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.

As I get older, I'm more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me

I feel excited about getting older as an actress, too. I think there are some amazing opportunities around the corner and I don't need to hold on to myself or who I was when I was 25.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to pretend it's youth, you are going to miss it. You are going to miss the surprises, the possibilities, and the evolution that we are just beginning to know about because there are no role models, no guideposts, and no signs.

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.

Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

It is not easy to age in harmony with one's roles.