I'm A Layperson. I Barely Got Out

I Am Appalled That The Term We Use To Talk About Aging Is 'anti'. Aging Is Human Evolution In Its Pure Form. Death, Taxes And Aging .... We Are All Going To Age And Soften And Mellow And Transition.

I Want To Be Older. I Actually Think There's An Incredible Amount Of Self-knowledge That Comes With Getting Older. I Feel Way Better Now Than I Did When I Was 20. I'm Stronger, I'm Smarter In Every Way, I'm So Much Less Crazy Than I Was Then.

Hollywood Is The Backdrop Of My Family, And I Know That The Movie Business Is Incredibly Cruel As You Get Older.

My Husband Once Said He'd Never Met Anybody Who Walked So Fast And Ran So Slowly. As I Said, It's A Little Hard For Me To Try New Things, And This Was Me Facing A Fear That I'd Had My Whole Life. Since I Had No Experience Running, I Felt Like A Failure Before I'd Even Begun.

I Was Doing A Children's Book On Self-esteem, And I Really Felt Like I Wanted To Shed The Shame I'd Been Feeling - And Maybe Make It Easier For Women My Age Who Had Probably Felt Bad About Themselves.