Lisa Edelstein Quotes

The bad part about growing older is I'm going bald. The good part is my nose seems to be getting shorter.

When you're a regular gal, you look in the rearview mirror, and in the bright daylight you see that line around your mouth, but when you're an actress and you see that line up on the big screen, it's, like, seven feet long.

I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect.

I've always looked old for my age.

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago.

I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.

The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan comic figure. Smooth the cheeks, and suddenly the ear lobes and hands look out of place. Do we run around in October, painting the gold leaves green?

It makes me look so old.

I'm not saying my own looks don't give the game away. Nothing I can do about that anymore. A nip and tuck ain't gonna do it.

I don't want to be younger, I just want to look it.

What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.

I remember when I was starting out as a young actress, thinking, 'Oh my God, I have the fattest face.' Now I look at those pictures and I think, 'So much collagen!'

When you feel good, you look good. And vice versa: When you look good, you feel good.

You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.

We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.

I don't think I've aged gracefully.

I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.

I have the sort of round face that you complain about when you're younger, but which serves you well as you get older.

I don't know why women do Botox. It doesn't make them look younger, it just makes them look like they had work done. You are not going to look the same as you did at 25.

I used to think I had to stay frozen in time. No amount of Botox will keep up.

I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.

I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older, I would take it as a compliment.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.

If people think I look good, it's the make-up.