I hear you.
I remembered Sophie Marceau, a French actress from the Bond movie and wondered whatever became of her since some tpf members pointed out that their non American actresses age gracefully. Sophie Marceau has a point in her interview. Monica Bellucci also echoed the same about aging.
From Quora:
Looking back through her old interviews, I’m struck by journalists’ tendency to objectify her, swooning over her “eyes that you might write poetry about” and “thick glossed hair that tempts the fingers”. One writer called Marceau “the most distractingly sexy woman I have ever met”.
“Better than a knock in the face, huh?” Marceau laughs, when I ask if such comments ever bothered her. “I’m not going to complain about being told I’m beautiful. It’s always pleasant to hear. But I’ve always been aware that beauty is temporary and I don’t want to get trapped by it.” She compares beauty to wealth. “You see those super-rich people, how horrible they feel when they lose a little money. All they can think is: I was rich-er! It’s ridiculous to be like that. If you can only focus on what you lose you do not see how much you have.”
She softens. “I’m getting older. I can never be more beautiful than I was and it would be sick to chase that. I need to be free in my work and that means feeling the emotions – not thinking about my wrinkles.”
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She’s still typical French. Wears no bra in the summer at the age of 60.
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Going back to American celebrities, yes, I think there is still a long way to go in terms of aging gracefully. Also, as
@limom pointed out, these plastic surgeries seem free to them as long as they mention the provider / plastic surgeon.