Sharon Stone Quotes

This idea that being youthful is the only thing that's beautiful or attractive simply isn't true. I don't want to be an 'ageless beauty.' I want to be a woman who is the best I can be at my age.

Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.

We equate beauty for women with youth, and that's sad. It's a shame it's so hard for so many of us to appreciate the beauty of an older woman and to accept it in ourselves.

For the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look 30.

You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

Why should 20-year-olds only be considered sexy? I think we get better with age.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

It doesn't matter what age you are. You can look sexy and feel great, and that doesn't have to be a gift only for the young. It can be a gift for any age, even the old, whatever that is nowadays.

I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.

I've had old people in my life that I really loved - especially women - so I'm not scared about getting old. It's what's inside that makes us beautiful on the outside.

I'll be 40 this year but honestly would not consider surgery; all my beauty icons are women with expressive faces. Isabelle Huppert ages so beautifully and gracefully, as have Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. I am struck by their expressive beauty.

Youthful beauty is a poor indicator of long-term appeal in a man.

If I grow older like my mum, I'll be happy. She's never touched her face. She has laughter lines but looks lovely.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.

Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful.

Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak.

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to look old so that the young will not be afraid of dying. People don't like old women. We don't honor age in our society, and we certainly don't honor it in Hollywood.

What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.

I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

I have a really beautiful mother. She is close to 60, and to this day doesn't wear a speck of make up or dye her hair, and everyone who meets her is completely dazzled by her. She seriously glows.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

I do not consider myself beautiful.