When you get to a certain age there is no coming back.
At a certain age death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
You never choose the way that you're raised it's just the way that you were raised but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings.
Craziest thing I've done for love is getting married. I think it's crazy. I think it's crazy crazy crazy. I'm never going to say I wouldn't do it again but I have to make sure it's love and not settling for the 'I have to do this by a certain age ' which is kind of what I did.
I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now maybe things would happen for me but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians 12 dancers two major guest stars 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.
It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it with very old people.
You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.
I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret in my chilled age certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.