Edward G. Robinson Quotes

I don't think I've aged gracefully.

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig.

I assume everyone around me is older because they look more responsible.

The great thing about getting older and doing TV and theatre is that the roles get more interesting, and you're not cast because, 'Oh, she's always looked extraordinary.'

Our public culture is one in which only the young and the beautiful will succeed. If you're forty, you're finished.

Everyone makes fun of my calves. They are so big. I don't really even like them, I don't really want them as big as they are, but I have no choice.

Everyone talks about 40 like it's massive, but I looked at Joanna Lumley at the Ab Fab premiere the other day, and she looks amazing at 70 - that's 30 years older than 40, which sounds ridiculous. The number doesn't matter; it's what's going on for you.

I've never been particularly happy with what I see in the mirror - I don't think anybody ever is. And I'd like to be taller, too: I'm 5 ft. 9in.

We have had examples in our industry of people working for 30-40 years because of their ability to act. Your looks leave you after a point, you don't look the same way you did when you were in your 20s or 30s. After that you have only your ability to show.

That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am.

I really don't think you need to be 40 and have three kids and have a body of an 18-year-old.

With my face, everybody always thinks I'm so young, this little guy.

I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a middle-aged human - I felt very awkward about it.

At 49, you want people to think you are at least a decade younger, not a year older.

I'm secretly like 800 pounds and 90 years old.

We always want what we don't have, and I'd like a long, sophisticated nose rather than a short, turned-up one.

I've got a strong face, a strong body. I'm 5'11.

I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'

I was approached for acting roles when I was young. I had said that I look into the mirror every day and don't think my face suits for the big screen. So I will not do the films.

If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face.

I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.'

I don't like to tell my age. Not because of vanity, but because in 10 years when I look 37, producers will think I'm too old for some parts.

Because I'm quite small and young looking, anyway, I tend to play younger than I am.

People feel I look younger than my age. I don't feel that way.