S. Jay Olshansky Quotes

One thing that's likely: How you look as you age is hereditary. Some of my family members, for example, look younger than their real age. And people have mistaken me for 30, even 25.

Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age.

If you say 'anti-aging,' how anti would it have to be, really? My guess is not much. Any amount of sunscreen could be considered anti-aging.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

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

Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.

I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80.

I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.

Photoaging is the worst. It wreaks havoc.

I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?

I think age is just something written down on a piece of paper. I mean, you come across 20-year-olds who are like old people sometimes. I've never taken much account of age throughout my life - my own or anyone else's.

When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.

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

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

I don't have this feeling that 70 is really old.

In person, I wear jeans and flip-flops, and people are so shocked. They tell me I look so much younger than they expected.

I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man.

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.

We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

You know, there's chronological age, there's biological age, and there's psychological age. Chronological age, there's nothing you can do about, which is I'm 52. You set that number aside.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.