Helen Mirren says she is happy in her skin at 75 – and content to grow older without any help from the surgeon’s knife.
The movie star has long been famous for her youthful looks. But in a new interview says she now looks her age.
Dame Helen said: “I’m old! And I look it. And that’s just fine.
“People talk about ‘ageing gracefully’ and I don’t know what that means.
“We seem to have got to a point where it means not having plastic surgery, though I should have thought there’d be more to it than that. To me it’s more about accepting who you are and what you are and going with it.
“Obviously I try to look as nice as I can – and I’d love to look 20 years younger. But I don’t and I never will.”
Speaking in December’s Candis magazine Dame Helen, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Her Majesty in 2006 film The Queen, said the ageing process had made her conscious of “how precious time is”.
But she admitted: “I haven’t learnt the trick of making the most of every moment. I’m good at wasting time, which is a terrible thing at my age.”
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