I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.

I'm the luckiest broad on two feet, I'll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn't get any good parts, so I'm blessed.

You're never too old for anything!

My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.'

I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my passion for animals. I try to keep current in what's going on in the world. I do mental exercises. I don't have any trouble memorizing lines because of the crossword puzzles I do every day to keep my mind a little limber. I don't sit and vegetate.

Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you're ugly.

Keep the other person's well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.