The time period ‘ageing gracefully’ is ‘completely sexist’, says Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Academy Award-winning actor Julianne Moore has criticised the time period “ageing gracefully” because it applies to girls, saying it’s “totally sexist”.

“There’s so much judgment inherent in the term ‘ageing gracefully’. Is there an ungraceful way to age? We don’t have an option of course. No one has an option about ageing, so it’s not a positive or a negative thing, it just is,” the actor advised As If journal.

The “Still Alice” star stated, “(ageing is) part of the human condition, so why are we always talking about it as if it is something that we have control over?” Moore stated she takes to coronary heart a quote from Helen Mirren close to her philosophy on ageing: “Ageing is a requirement of life: You either grow old or die young.”

The actor stated, “We are given a narrative as children that we keep growing through school, maybe go to college then, after school is finished, the idea of growth is done. But we have all this life left to live. How do we continue to challenge ourselves, to interest ourselves, learn new things, be more helpful to other people, be the person that your friends and family need or want? How do we continue to evolve? How do we navigate life to have even deeper experiences?” 

The 60-year-old actor is ready to reunite along with her “Far From Heaven” director Todd Haynes for the movie “May December”, which additionally options Natalie Portman.