age positivity Quotes

Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves.

I'm so flattered that at 69, people are booking me and finding me on Instagram.

I would model when they wanted me, and as I got older, they wanted an older model. I was quite willing to be mother of the bride at 28. I was quite happy to be on the cover of a grandparents' magazine at 42; I have no ego about that.

I like to think that I'm not old yet.

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am.

When I look at women, older than I am, in their 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, and I see women that I admire, I think, 'Oh, I get it; that's how I'm going to be.' I'm not scared. I want to be that.

My age I will not once lament, / But sing, my time so near is spent.

It would be nice to see a fashion range that is geared towards a vibrant, sexual, confident 50-something.

If you find yourself saying things like, "I'm hitting the age where I'll need reading glasses," "I'm too old to try yoga (or some other activity)," or other such statements, make a conscious choice to shift your perspective and what you tell yourself about your body and age.

My relationship with aging is cozy. I'm not trying to play 29 and holding on with white knuckles, you know?

I've been embracing aging. I always have, since I was a kid. When you're the kid on the set for so long, you just, like, daydream about being older.

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

I've always thought that a woman owes it to herself to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity.

I actually feel very proud of my age.

I wear my age with pride.

I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe

I get mad at my girlfriends when they say things about their neck or something, "My neck is a disaster," and I'm like, "Come on, you don't even believe that." You're taking that from the outside world, you know? You look amazing, you're beautiful, you're 40, you're in the prime of your life. I'm not interested in fighting it at all. I don't think anyone else is wrong for trying to fight it, however.

Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

I have had more magazine covers in the last 25 years than I have had in my whole elongated career. [...] Today I am in a territory that business considers unmarketable: age and white hair. Slowly, however, I started to own that territory little by little because I stood up for age.

There's no way in the world that just because women turn the number 40, they're anything less than amazing. That's crazy. If anything, you're even more amazing!

I feel excited about getting older as an actress, too. I think there are some amazing opportunities around the corner and I don't need to hold on to myself or who I was when I was 25.

I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game.

I don't want to be made to look like I'm 25. I'm 39. I don't have any issues with my age.