Life and Death in Hollywood
Actors' quotes about life and death
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This section contains quotes about life and death. Time doesn't stop for celebrities, and movie stars are completely aware of that. Many are grateful for having the chance of getting old, others dislike the passing of time; some have decided to stop the clock and find shelter in the past, but tomorrow comes for everyone. The celebrities discuss topics like existence, immortality, destiny, aging and life experiences that made them appreciate every single day.
“There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.”
“Retirement at 65 is ridiculous. When I was 65 I still had pimples.”
“I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you.”
“The only greatness for man is immortality.”
“Life is nothing but a series of conflicts, in a way, surmounting one and coming to another.”
“One of the main things about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. I was always obsessed with death, obsessed with things ending, my career being finished. Now I'm not so much. I couldn't understand why that was for a long time, and finally I realized it's because when you're a movie star you're already dead, you're embalmed.”
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
“I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35!”
“Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.”
“Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.”
“Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.”
“For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.”
“Years are not important.”
“There is something about this generation living now, that we don't accept death.”
“We come. We go. And in between we try to understand.”
“Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death.”
“I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.”
“The older one gets the more one comes to resemble oneself.”
“Life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.”
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