Helen Mirren got real as she spoke about the ups and downs of aging, and she revealed there's one "label" for the older generation that she dislikes.
“One thing that I find galling as I get older is the sort of patronizing condescension: ‘Oh, that’s so sweet,' ” Mirren, 80, told People with a patronizing tone in an interview published on Wednesday, August 20. “I hate the word feisty. I’m alive. Don’t give me those sort of awful labels.”
The Thursday Murder Club actress also said that she dislikes being called a “young spirit" and she recalled one time an interviewer referred to her as such. “What did I say? F--k off?” Mirren said before adding, “My spirit is the age that I am.”
While Mirren has embraced her age, she revealed that she doesn't celebrate birthdays anymore. “Honestly, I don’t celebrate birthdays. I don’t recognize them because life just rolls on,” she explained. “I expect to be very, very nicely treated on my birthday. That’s all I want. Cup of tea in bed in the morning.”
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Mirren's stance on aging may not surprise fans, as she's always been open about accepting her changing appearance.
"It's nature, it's what happens," she said about aging while speaking to E! News in 2024. "And, as they say, along with getting older comes a certain kind of wisdom, a certain kind of understanding of that fact."
She went on to reveal that she learned the mindset from her mother. "My mother said the greatest thing to me: 'Never be afraid of getting older,'" Mirren shared. "Of course, when you're 18, middle age is like a foreign country. It's so far away from you. But, you know, when you arrive in that country, you realize that country has great things. Maybe you like that country better than the country you left behind."
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