Andie MacDowell is staying silver in her golden years.
The “4 Weddings and a Funeral” actress, who is popping 65 in April, is relishing her gray hair as she ages, the star told former “Today” show co-anchor Katie Couric.
“I would like to be old. I’m bored with attempting to be young. I don’t need to be young. I’ve been young. And to be an older person attempting to be young, what an effort. That’s loads of effort,” she said.
MacDowell’s aging affirmation comes on the heels of “Family Ties” actress Justine Bateman, 57, speaking out against Botox and fillers amid people criticizing her appearance.
“I do think there’s the importance of seeing beauty at all ages and it’s not limited to a certain age,” MacDowell told Couric. “Every occasionally, I’ll say to someone, ‘I’m old,’ they usually’ll say, ‘No, you’re not!’
“Prefer it’s some horrible thing to say … And I’ll say to them, ‘But what if I say I’m young? Don’t have an issue with that, do you?’ The reality of the matter is, I’m old and that’s OK. That’s what I actually need people to take into consideration.”
MacDowell, known for her blockbuster roles in movies like “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Groundhog Day,” told Couric women of their 60s like her ought to be relishing this time of their lives.
“Why is there a lot shame attached to getting older?” she said.
“We’re towards the tip. Now we have no time to waste feeling shame.”
MacDowell also discussed her love of her silver hair and why she decided to maintain it grown out.
“It looks good on me,” she said. “Because it was growing out, my eyes popped. The colour of them looked somewhat different. I liked the way in which my skin looked higher. And there was a sense. It empowered me more.”
MacDowell’s commentary follows Bateman opening up about being trolled online for aging naturally. “I just don’t give a s–t. I believe I look rad. I believe my face represents who I’m. I prefer it,” Bateman bluntly told “60 Minutes Australia.”
Throughout the program, Bateman recalled how she googled herself and located the autocomplete got here up with “looks old” in a picture of her at age 42.
She discussed the pressure women are under to do away with wrinkles.
“I feel sad that they’re distracted from the things they’re meant to do in life, with this consuming concept that they’ve got to repair their face before the rest can occur,” Bateman said within the interview, admitting that she has considered getting work done herself.
Ultimately, she decided she has no interest.
“Ignore your face! That’s what I’m saying. Eliminate the fear that your face being wrinkled goes to spoil a bunch of opportunities for you.”