‘The secret is that there’s NO secret!’ Michelle Pfeiffer, 62, insists it’s impossible to ‘cheat’ aging and that her youthful looks are merely down to ‘sleeping, exercising, and eating right’
Michelle Pfeiffer has insisted she has no secret to looking youthful.
The Hollywood actress, 62, appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday to talk about her new film, French Exit, with Lorraine Kelly asking how she retains her ageless looks.
‘It’s what nobody really wants to hear – you have to eat right, you have to exercise, you have to sleep,’ Michelle insisted.
‘No secret!’ Michelle Pfeiffer has insisted she has no secret to looking youthful
‘We’re always looking for that cheating magical bullet but it’s not right.
‘When I’m not working, when I’m giving myself leeway, when I’m not eating good, I’m having too much wine, when I’m not on camera, I look like it, that’s really it.
‘So that’s the big secret – there’s no secret!’
In French Exit, Michelle plays Frances Price – a widow who moves to Paris with her son and cat. The cat also happens to be her reincarnated husband.
Flawless: ‘It’s what nobody really wants to hear – you have to eat right, you have to exercise, you have to sleep,’ Michelle insisted
Chat: The Hollywood actress, 62, appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday to talk about her new film, French Exit, with Lorraine Kelly asking how she retains her ageless looks
Speaking about her role, Michelle said: ‘She’s very complicated and she’s damaged really, and she’s very narcissistic and absent for so long.
‘She ultimately finds her son and reconnects and finds out she loves him and how much she missed.’
On working with the cat, she went on: ‘It was one of the first concerns that I had. I loved the script, I was very intrigued by this character, but it was one of those I didn’t know how I was going to handle it.
She added: ‘When I’m not working, when I’m giving myself leeway, when I’m not eating good, I’m having too much wine, when I’m not on camera, I look like it, that’s really it’
Feline fine: In French Exit, Michelle plays Frances Price – a widow who moves to Paris with her son and cat. The cat also happens to be her reincarnated husband
‘One of my first questions was “right what about this cat?” and I don’t think [the director had] thought about it.
‘Who would have thought a cat could be trained. There were two cats they rotated, one was sweeter than the other but I kind of fell in love with them.’
It was recently announced that Michelle will play Betty Ford in new Showtime series The First Lady.
The anthology series is also set to feature Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt and Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.
Casting news: It was recently announced that Michelle will play Betty Ford in new Showtime series The First Lady
Of this, Michelle said: ‘First of all I’m incredibly honoured to be given this responsibility but I don’t think these people realise how much these first ladies influence women’s issues, social issues.
‘A lot of them have really worked hard, they have pushed these issues forward. They didn’t talk about cancer, they didn’t talk about psychiatry, substance addiction… and [Betty] was so open and honest about it.
‘It was shocking but it was what people loved about her.’