A Quote by Gina Barreca

From age 16 to age 20, a woman's body is a temple. From 21 to 45, it's an amusement park. From 45 on, it's a terrarium.

Gina Barreca

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Gina Barreca
American - Comedian

For any female actor, the age between 35 to 45 is treacherous. Filmmakers tell me, I am at that awkward age. No parts are written for women in this age bracket, while men at that age flourish and have great careers.

Dia Mirza

I don't want to be 45 competing with 20-year-olds, running to go get Botox. I want to be an expressive actor hired for the age that I am, portraying women who are my age: 40. I'm just hoping I can find some of those roles to play. Otherwise, I have to find something else.

Debi Mazar

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

Anthony Bourdain

Five days a week my body is a temple; the other two, it's an amusement park.

Jerry Doyle

There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other than having to buy Depends or Viagra.

Doris Roberts

You never do arrive at a destination. You have to work at it and take ownership of the process. What resonates at age 25 is likely to change by age 35 and 45. The process never ends. Realizing this has been a big breakthrough for me.

Robert S. Kaplan

I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.

Ian McShane

Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 - sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally.

Frances McDormand

Only 1 percent of the homosexual population in America will die of old age. The average life expectancy for a homosexual in the United States of America is 43 years of age. A lesbian can only expect to live to be 45 years of age. Homosexuals represent 2 percent of the population, yet today they're carrying 60 percent of the known cases of syphilis.

Rod Parsley

By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.

Lawrence Welk

I don't like it when people say, 'You're 45, so you should be wearing X and never Y.' For me, dressing is about attitude, not age.

Twiggy

Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means of production that produce the national income. The U.S. is now 45 percent socialist.