I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
Laura LinneyI'm not someone who likes to have my picture taken, let alone see it plastered all over the place.
Laura LinneyFame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
Laura LinneyI get very, very, very irritable with people who complain about getting old, because I know a lot of people who would gladly trade places with us. I'm not saying it's easy, I'm not saying it doesn't hurt your feelings, I'm not saying it's not painful - and physically as well as mentally and spiritually - and it's frightening at times. However, people have really lost perspective, and it's a really bizarre topic of conversation that it's become a cultural peg in our world that aging is a bad thing. It's not logical to me.
Laura Linney