Isn't ageing a beast sometimes ?

MrPants said:
Hogan was a long time smoker and has been most of his life at least off & on. He actually started as an actor doing commercials for a cigarette brand in Australia before he became really famous. This is him at 78 on the set of The Very Excellent Mr Dundee in Melbourne.
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Smoking has negative impact on ALL your organs and your body's largest organ is your skin. Weight loss, skin damage both fit with the long term smoker's profile in old age, providing they make it that far.
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Ah... right... that makes more sense now... :oops:
 

Shalimar said:
Exactly how conventionally beautiful is an individual approaching their eighth decade supposed to be? We live in an age phobic culture which promotes a barely pubescent style of beauty for females, and an uber masculine 5% body fat muscled ideal for men. At least

the men are still considered mainstream handsome after 40. Frankly, many women of almost any age benefit from a little colour on their faces. But, with or without makeup, Helen Mirren’s charisma never fades. This, imho, is true beauty. We are not obliged to be ageless dolls forever.
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I think that the definition of "beauty" could use an overhaul. Among other things our expectations of how people look as they age needs to be realistic.
 
hollydolly said:
I don't get tarted up either much these days.. bit of lipstick and blush when I go out.. don't do anything fancy with my hair.. I've never been a real girly girl so tbh I wouldn't even know how to start with making something of my hair. It's clean, it's brushed, it's either short or long.. whatever is my fancy.. and every couple of months I get it trimmed, and the hairdresser will put some curls in the bottom.. but otherwise.. that's my make-up routine.. lippy and a hairbrush.. :ROFLMAO:
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Tarted up that one has me laughing. Here we have a little breakfast pastry called pop tarts, I guess that is us! lol You are not fooling me, I have seen your pictures, here you would hear the people calling "ooh! what a babe"
My husband had taught that one to our two year old son, who would call it out in many a public area. LOL
 
hollydolly said:
Really ?...
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is the middle pic really Helen Mirren? Even I at my age look better than that though I say it myself...I hope:unsure:
 
Alligatorob said:
I think we have too many people who do.

One of the things I have always liked about much of British TV is that many the actors look a lot more like real people than in our Hollywood shows. Makes it feel more real.
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Yes it's always been the case...until recently, when we now have the young competing against each other on shows like Love Island et al... all getting all sorts of work done to their faces at far too young an age to compete for the best looking.. but yes you're right, when it comes to actors.. ( board treading actors)... then we really prefer people who look like they could be any one of us.. and we're not afraid in this country, to cast people who would otherwise be classed as less than attractive..in leading roles..
 
hollydolly said:
I know we all get older if we're lucky enough.. and even luckier if we get old without too many medical issues...

Today I was just sad to see Paul Hogan.. ( he of Crocodile Dundee)... he's 82.. and in today's papers..

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it seems like 5 minutes ago he was a young good looking, strong man.. .. and now not...

It comes to us all I know.. but the ageing process is a beast IMO>.
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He looks good to me for his age, glad he's still kickin'n.....could be a lot worse. Dying is a much bigger and uglier beast.
 
Helen Mirren is perfect just the way she is, with or without makeup. She has so much more going for her besides looks. I'd do her. She's still beautiful to me, an intelligent, talented, sensual creature who is way more than the sum of her "looks".

If you've always been dependent on "your looks" to get by in life, when you get to our age you're going to be very depressed and in a heap o' trouble. If you want to survive in old age, you'll need to rely on more than your looks because they'll be gone.

All you see is my beauty not my heart and soul | Quotes that describe ...
Beauty is not what you see | You are beautiful, True beauty, Beauty
A Beautiful Soul - WomenWorking
True beauty is not what you look like.. true beauty is whats in her ...

Bella ✌️
 
Bella said:
Helen Mirren is perfect just the way she is, with or without makeup. She has so much more going for her besides looks. I'd do her. She's still beautiful to me, an intelligent, talented, sensual creature who is way more than the sum of her "looks".

If you've always been dependent on "your looks" to get by in life, when you get to our age you're going to be very depressed and in a heap o' trouble. If you want to survive in old age, you'll need to rely on more than your looks because they'll be gone.
All you see is my beauty not my heart and soul | Quotes that describe ...
Beauty is not what you see | You are beautiful, True beauty, Beauty
A Beautiful Soul - WomenWorking
True beauty is not what you look like.. true beauty is whats in her ...

Bella ✌️
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You're missing the point, Helen Mirren relies on looks for her work as an actor as most people in my profession do.... once upon a time she was naturally pretty, now she needs help to look like that..
 
hollydolly said:
You're missing the point, Helen Mirren relies on looks for her work as an actor as most people in my profession do.... once upon a time she was naturally pretty, now she needs help to look like that..
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I'm not missing anything. :) Helen Mirren is still very much a working actress. She's doing just fine. Here she is in her latest role.

In the biopic, Dame Helen Mirren plays the first female Prime Minister of Israel, Golda Meir, and has been completely transformed to look just like Golda herself. Looking closely, you can just about make out the actor behind the costume and make-up is Helen Mirren. Here she is in character as Golda Meir for her latest film, Golda.

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The real Golda Meir photographed in 1969.
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In a release, Helen said, “Golda Meir was a formidable, intransigent and powerful leader. It is a great challenge to portray her at the most difficult moment of her extraordinary life. I only hope I do her justice!"

Production has now begun on the film by Academy Award winner Guy Nattiv, who described himself as “an admirer of the great Helen Mirren.” He added that she had “melted so brilliantly into Golda Meir's character with incredible talent, intelligence, depth and emotion, doing justice to the richness and complexity of this incredible woman".

Brava! You go girl! (y)

Bella ✌️
 
Yes and she can only get roles playing old people... the fact remains ,, ask any Actor or actress if they enjoy being older compared to when they were younger and good looking, the answer will always be NO>..
 
hollydolly said:
Yes and she can only get roles playing old people... the fact remains ,, ask any Actor or actress if they enjoy being older compared to when they were younger and good looking, the answer will always be NO>..
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It does make sense that she would play older characters. She's old, lol. I haven't had the privilege to personally speak with Dame Helen Mirren to ask her about being an aging actress, so I have no idea what her answer would be. I certainly wouldn't presume to answer for her. :)

Bella ✌️
 
Many people have not used creams or lotions on their faces when they were young. The sun really wrinkles our faces if we don't shield them from the heat.Smoking and drinking alcohol takes a toll on our bodies. Some older people never really eat properly. Paul Hogan is too thin for those clothes. He should buy a size or two smaller. Does he never look in the mirror? I think many old people just don't care how they look.

@horseless carriage looks really spiffy all dressed up in Reply #80.
 
Gary O' said:
A decade or so ago, I wrote a not so little something about that and other things when men get a certain age;


Here and Now

So, here I am, on the wrong side of sixty, weird things growing, wiry hairs, warts, splotches, odd indefinable patches, moles the size of gophers, and that’s just on my hind end.

I’ve got good hearing, but only in one ear.
It's why we have two of most everything.

Vision is going south. Reading glasses are strategically laid throughout the house, cars, tackle boxes, and shop.
It’s not a serious issue just yet, but need to demonstrate more patience when trying to get the neighbor’s hibachi to fetch.

I make little noises when I commence to get outta my lazy boy.
I notice that those same noises will emanate from my wretched larynx when I commence to sit in said lazy boy.
Speaking of larynxes, I find that throat clearing takes several tries…like starting an ol’ model T.

I have partial recall, and even that is a struggle.

I can put on 157 lbs in 13 minutes, just from sniffing a bran muffin.

After sixty, while you slumber, a pubic hair can grow the length of 3 feet…on the pointy part of your ear lobe.

Things grow, and things that were already there will up and move

‘Doc, take a look at whatever that is on my left knee.’
‘Gary, that’s just your right testicle.’
‘BTW, when’s the last time I ran my finger up your pooper?’

When in your 60s you must learn the difference between the words colostomy and colonoscopy…it’s important when checking in.

Of a morning, you’ll look in the bathroom mirror, and find a goblin looking back.
So just comb back your ear hair and greet the day.

Self-keeping becomes secondary.
‘Honey, there’s a puffed wheat in your mustache.’
‘Oh…..so?’
‘We had puffed wheat two weeks ago.’
‘And your point, dear?’

By sixty your underwear from high school has finally given up the ghost, so you retire the little strands of elastic,
but consider the frugal acquisition of 12 headbands.

You discover your new fresh (actually brilliant white) briefs are quite the contrast to the occasional poop stain
…of which is no longer so occasional……poop cake can become a concern.

Oh, and you discover you no longer have a hind end.
It has gingerly crept up and nestled onto your lower back, leaving you with just a six inch line and a tuft of hair.

The fire in your eyes is now just pain recognition.
Speaking of fire, get wunna those birthday candles that doesn’t blow out.

It’ll help you keep the fire.
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Thanks for the chuckles! This was hilariously good writing, as usual!😄
 
Blessed said:
You keep that up and all us ladies will show up on your doorstep. I think the Mrs is going to get mad. Won't be our fault but she will have nothing to worry about since she also has style and grace that I only I can wish in my world to come close to her beauty!
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Fabulous compliment, my dear lady's real beauty comes from within. Most of you have seen her talent with a needle & thread, she could have made a career of it, instead, she chose to become a paramedic in the ambulance service. She just wanted to be able to help others.
RubyK said:
horseless carriage looks really spiffy all dressed up in Reply #80.
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Very kind of you to say so Ruby, much appreciated.
 

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