Julianne Moore slams the phrase ‘ageing gracefully’ as sexist

In a recent interview, actress Julianne Moore has slammed the phrase “ageing gracefully”, questioning why it was even a thing to begin with.

Having just celebrated her 60th birthday last December, Moore sat down for an interview with As If Magazine, where she shared her thoughts on the phrase and why it bares no significance to her.

As reported by People, she said, “There’s so much judgment inherent in the term ‘ageing gracefully.'”

“Is there an ungraceful way to age?” she asked. “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.”

Also in the interview, Moore also cites a quote from Helen Mirren about getting older. It’s also one of her favourite quotes: “Ageing is a requirement of life: you either grow old or die young.”

In the interview Moore also referred to the fact that growing older isn’t something we have control of as humans. “It’s part of the human condition, so why are we always talking about it as if it is something that we have control over?”

Further elaborating on why the phrase is empty for her, she speaks on the importance of “inner growth”. She said, “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.”