Eva Mendes Quotes

Having a collection of regrets when you hit your 40s is part of the deal.

When I was younger, I had a different disposition as far as how I wanted to live life.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

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.

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with 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.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

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

As I go through life, I can see why my mother directed me that way, or why my father counseled me in that way. But some things you're open to when you're young, and some things you need to find out for yourself. I think that that's pretty universal.

If I'm not getting older and more mature at 31, then something's wrong.

I don't know how you get to be 40 without having a whole bunch of regrets.

'Girl in the City Chapter 2' will still continue to revolve around Meera Sehgal and her life, her friends, and her passion. The stark difference in 'Chapter 2' will be that all the characters have now grown up in the series - in terms of maturity if not so much age.

As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

I had to have experience, you know what I mean? Because I've been doing this since I was 14... I couldn't write about anything at 14. I had to live some life. I definitely lived some life.

Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed.

If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

People grow up by living.

Getting old is horrible, but it is interesting . . . one of the things I've realized is that growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

Forty is ... an age at which people have histories and options. At thirty, they had perhaps less history. At fifty, perhaps fewer options.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that have happened to me.