Jennifer Aniston on feeling ‘like a 20-year-old’ at 52, staying fit, and why the Friends reunion hit her so hard – interview
- The millionaire Hollywood actress recently reunited with co-stars Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow after Covid-19 social distancing scaled down her social life
- ‘We can grow old and not grow sick,’ she says; her fitness routine involves yoga and boxing, and she incorporates meditation and collagen drinks into her day
Jennifer Aniston knows no one can escape getting older, so instead she’s finding ways to thrive from the inside out.
“We’re going to get older, all of us. But we can grow old and not grow sick. We can thrive and have a vital life as we get older,” she says. “When we’re at the age when society used to say, ‘Bye, see ya, your time’s up, you should go out to pasture now.’ Now, people who are my age, you know, 50 or whatever … I feel like a 20-year-old.”
For the actress, 52, who is the new chief creative officer of Vital Proteins, this includes incorporating collagen drinks into her day as well as staying physically fit with work outs such as yoga, boxing and jumping rope.
“And not just to fit into your jeans, but so that your bones and your muscles and your brain is functioning at an optimum level as you go into your golden years,” she says, explaining that beauty for her isn’t just about how she looks on the outside.
“I feel most beautiful when I’m in my true self, in my body. I mean, I can get all the hair and make-up in the world and not feel good internally – it doesn’t matter.”
She also practices meditation.
“I always say I have a holistic approach to wellness. It’s not just nutritional, it’s emotional, mental and spiritual,” she says. “It’s what you emotionally take into your brain with what you watch, what you read and people you surround yourself with.”
Surrounding yourself with people during the pandemic was difficult, something Aniston says she struggled with most.
