Broadway star June Squibb is perhaps best known in the acting world for her quick wit, followed only by her unwavering mission to squash any preconceptions about aging and what she and people her age can and cannot do. “There are no rules when you stop and think about it,” she said. protection “I think everything should be forgotten, except: Go out and have a good time! Live the life you want to live,” she added, before uttering the legendary seven-word phrase: “To hell with how old you are!”. She announced. Aaand drop the mic. (Consider our official request to get this quote printed on T-shirts everywhere, ASAP.)
Squibb later explained this idea while sitting down with him female quotient in May 2026. “I wish more people understood that older people still want to get things done,” she lamented. “No matter if it’s something very simple or it’s something very difficult, we all want to feel like we can still do these things.” For this reason, she is very selective about what work she will and will not do. “I can’t stand anything that makes me laugh as I get older,” she said unapologetically during an appearance on the show.It’s still Hollywood here“Podcast.
John Squibb and others like them are on to something
John Squibb is among a growing list of Celebrities over 50 who absolutely love the aging processwhich also features Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis declared at the conference: “I am pro-aging. I want to grow old with intelligence, grace, dignity, vitality, and energy.” Radically redefining the pinnacle of aging In 2022. “I don’t want to hide from that.”
Research shows that Your attitude toward aging can really impact your health as you get older. A Study 2022 In JAMA Network Open, I found that among 14,000 participants over the age of 50, those who were most satisfied with aging had a 43% lower chance of dying from any cause over a four-year period. last Study 2022 in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society It found that females over the age of 50, who scored highest in optimism, generally lived 5% longer than their less enthusiastic counterparts.
“When people repeatedly imagine the future as limited or regressed, which is what a lot of older people do, the brain starts to kind of reinforce those expectations,” Dr. Deepika Chopra, a health psychologist and author of The Power of Authentic Optimism, told ABC News. New York Times on How depression can affect aging. According to Chopra, “If we can consciously direct attention toward a small thing, a small positive moment in the future every day,” we can essentially reprogram the brain to operate from a place of positive expectation that good times are still to come. “Bloody hell, how old are you,” indeed.
