Marian Keyes Quotes

I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well, he's not cutting edge because he's not in his twenties, so he's not expected to be.'

You can't do an awful lot about getting older but you shouldn't let it stop you from doing what you want to do.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

I'd always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age.

I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.

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.

When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.

It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.

Age is no issue to me. I think 50 is the new 30 and 70 is the new 50. There are no rules that say you have to dress a certain way or be a certain way.

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric.

Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them.

Old women should not seek to be perfumed.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

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.

Aging in Hollywood sucks. There's always so much pressure to look way younger than you are, and everyone's watching! I'd like to embrace getting older, because it's kind of inevitable. The different, wiser me, to be at peace with how I look and I'm supposed to look - it's a work in progress.

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60.

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the good ones to come along. It's like age. It's never bothered me. I've even forgot my birthday. Many times I've wondered if I should tell my real age, but now I think it's an honor, to be doing what I'm doing now at my age.

When you get older, you have to wrestle with what's appropriate behavior a little bit more. Am I not acting too old or too young?

This idea of the world expecting you to remain an ingenue forever - it's a very short shelf life if you're going to commit to that as your career, and I knew that early.