Originally appeared on E! Online
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Luckily, Helen Mirren is embracing it all. Indeed, the “Queen” star shared how much she’s been loving “everything” about her life at age 80.
“I find everything about it [fabulous],” she told Allure in an interview published Oct. 14. “F–k it, I’m alive and I’m working and I can drink a glass of wine and I can wear makeup and I can listen to music.”
“I can watch a beautiful sunset,” she continued, “and I can go to the theater and I can watch a movie and I can binge Netflix and I can live life. It’s a beautiful thing.”
Although the “Red“ actress has embraced the current chapter of her life, she understands why so many women struggle with the change.
“It’s going to happen, baby,” she shared. “You can be as afraid as you like, but that’s not going to change anything. It’s going to happen. So live with it. It’s your journey through life.”
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“There are disadvantages, no question,” she added. “But there are also great advantages. And you learn this as you travel through life.”
After all, every age comes with its own set of highs and lows.
“I think it’s perfectly natural and normal for a 16-year-old to be terrified of being 40 because you know, the world is their oyster at that moment,” Mirren reflected. “It’s theirs for the taking. They are the generation who’s going to take the world on.”
Harrison Ford thinks pretty highly of Helen Mirren. During an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this week, the 80-year-old confessed that he thinks his “1923” co-star is “still sexy” at 77.
“I love them for that,” she noted. “I can’t wait to see what they’re going to make of the world. It’s their turn. I’ve had my turn and now it’s theirs. That’s the natural order of things.”
For Mirren, it was her mother Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda Kitty Rogers who set the example for her. As she told E! News in April 2024, “My mother said the greatest thing to me: ‘Never be afraid of getting older.'”
“It’s nature, it’s what happens,” she said. “And, as they say, along with getting older comes a certain kind of wisdom, a certain kind of understanding of that fact.”
Simply put, “All I can say is, don’t worry [about aging]. It’s cool.”
