Cameron Diaz is in the latest UK edition of Esquire where she talks about what it was like turning 40 back in August. Extreme closeups may be the bane of her existence but at least she isn’t freaking out about it now that she’s old.
“There’s no such thing as anti-aging – it’s all a crock of sh*t, you can’t go back in time. So for me, it’s about living in this moment, the best that I can. Contentment is about coming to terms with life as it is, rather than getting all pissed off that things didn’t fit into your little prescribed box. And it’s much bigger. For the first time in my life I’m content. I’m so excited. Getting older is the best part of life. Like, I know more than I’ve ever known. I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever. And as far as the physicality of it – I feel better at 40 than I did at 25.”
Every time I hear someone say they feel better near middle age than they did in their mid-20’s I just think it’s something they tell themselves to keep from breaking down. But maybe she really believes it because marriage isn’t even high up on her to-do list.
“It just wasn’t the thing I was drawn to. I certainly didn’t want it in my twenties. Or my thirties. And I’m going to be 40 in three weeks. So we’ll see! I’d always wanted to get hitched in Vegas at least three times. It’s funny because as my girlfriends get older, I see how their relationships have evolved, and you know, the people you’re drawn to changes. I’m not attracted to the same people that I was drawn to in my twenties.”
She doesn’t even need to have babies either but she says she could if she wanted regardless of whether or not her ovaries wilting.
“I don’t need to have the children in my life be a part of my literal flesh. And anyway, there’s still a possibility of that, I aint that old. Believe it or not, I’m feeling very…capable.”
Overall, Cameron Diaz seems like a pretty positive person despite almost everything working against her. Things like time, love, hi-definition televisions.