Kristen Bell Quotes

Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.

I went a little nuts in my twenties, but I just turned thirty and I feel, like, older now.

When I came back to Britain, I realized that I was no longer a very young woman. I had to meet my new consciousness, my new age, with roles that reflected it somewhat.

For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.

I said 'No, I've aged, but grown up? No'.

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma.

You can't be 16 forever.

At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm in my fifties, and I'm turning into a square.

It's interesting when you're in your thirties and you're not the same pretty boy that you were when you were 21. I think people's anger at themselves getting older is projected on to you because you become a symbol of that.

I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

I've aged, but grown up? No.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

I'm 36 years old, and I'm growing up. Little by little.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves.

I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.

Every kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died.

I still feel 29. Maybe I should act my age more, but I just can't.

As you get older, you have more responsibilities; you have more commitments, more events, kids, you're married now. You still have all the things that you've had, plus you just keep adding.