Aging does not bring joy to anyone. The age of 50+ is especially difficult for beautiful women, whose profession is associated with demonstrating a wrinkled face. There is a widespread belief that French women age beautifully and accept their age with dignity. There is an image in the media of a French woman who ignores plastic and lives a busy life. But you need to talk with each woman separately in order to understand what is happening in her soul when old age is getting closer, and there are more and more wrinkles.
French actress Carole Bouquet will celebrate her 65th birthday this year. In the past 10 years, the star has been constantly giving interviews in which the theme of age and aging has been a common thread. There is no unambiguity in her quotes, but there is no coquetry and feigned demonstration of how happy she is at her age.
Moreover, at first she strongly opposed intervention in the face, but, as recent photographs show, she eventually gave up. Here are quotes from French actress Carole Bouquet about age and aging. How does she experience it and how has her life changed?
1. About accepting aging
“I didn’t think I would live this long. I thought I was going to die young because many of those around me left young. That is why death scares me no more than illness. Aging does not please me, but it is not so painful. And then, I have such a character trait: I try not to worry about what I have no control over. The passage of time cannot be controlled.
2. About the fight against old age
“I'm not happy with aging. I would like to stop this process in 40 years. I am now living through an age of fragility and anxiety. Those who claim otherwise are probably hoping in this way to hide their fear of old age. It's touching, but it's a pose, an illusion. Old age no longer frightens me, because the fight against it will still be lost. I decided not to fight: the portrait of Dorian Gray is not my fantasy. You can edit photos, but not life.
3. About roles in adulthood
“Today, when I look at myself in my films, I get upset. But the palette of my roles is expanding! At first, I was branded with the film “This vague object of desire”, then in the cinema I became a mistress, then a deceived wife, as if directors settled scores with women through me. Then I became an adulteress and a monster... Their imagination grew as I got older. I got compliments at 20 and 40. Now, when they tell me at 64 that I'm beautiful, I want it to last as long as possible.
4. About genetics and femininity
“I am lucky that I have good genes, like other women in my family. My aunt, at 73, draws everyone's attention to herself when she enters a room. She is beautiful and very feminine. Recently, I also understand that femininity is very attractive and I adopt these rules for myself. This is new to me. It used to be just one aspect of my profession."
5. About plastic
“I get very annoyed when I say my age, and they answer me:“ No, this is impossible! And they advise you to hide it. How old do you need to look? At 35, a woman, in my opinion, is in her best shape, but you can’t look 35 all your life! Plastic is not my choice. I refuse any serious interference with my face and body. I hope I never do that."
Despite the last phrase, Bouquet still could not resist cosmetic intervention to look younger. In the photo of 2019, as the French media noticed, the actress showed a face that clearly has traces of Botox or fillers. This is clearly visible if you look at her face a year before.
