Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment for the balance of my life: the sun will not rise, or set, without my notice and thanks. ”

I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set. ”

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable. ”

I've always been super-private and protective of certain experiences and certain friends. ”

I did 'Beetlejuice,' and it was a big movie, but it didn't help my high-school experience. In fact, it made it worse. I was a freak and a witch. ”

I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it. ”

I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to. ”

I'm getting asked a lot, 'You don't have kids, so how do you know how to act like a mother?' I know nothing could compare, and I haven't had that experience, but when my niece was born, I felt like I would jump in front of a car and die for this little person I didn't even know yet. ”

Life's short, so if you're going to spend months doing something, it's gotta be pretty special... But I'm very happy to enter my Baby Jane years, and hopefully segue into the Ruth Gordon years. ”

But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity. ”