Jen Aniston: Being Over 40 is "Weird"
Credit: David M. Russell/Rachael Ray Show
Jennifer Aniston had a blast celebrating her 42nd birthday with celeb pals Adam Sandler and Hugh Jackman at NYC's Spotted Pig -- "They were laughing the entire night," an onlooker told UsMagazine.com -- but the actress admits she's not entirely comfortable with the over-40 category.
"All of a sudden you're labeled, you're a number," she gripes in an interview on the Rachael Ray Show, airing Wednesday. "It wasn't like 30-plus or 30 something. It's just that all of sudden, it's like, 'Wow for your age, not so bad.' It's like what?"
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The Just Go With It star even goes on to say it hurts "a little bit" because "all of a sudden they're making it sound like life is coming very shortly to an end. It's weird."
But Aniston, who says she loves watching reality shows like A&E's Intervention and Heavy, makes it clear that she's still the life of any party.
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When asked what she would do if she wasn't an actress, Aniston first muses about working in the medical field before quickly changing her mind.
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"You know what, I would be a party planner!" she tells Rachael Ray. "Why do I want to be a doctor? That's so depressing, leave that to the professionals. I haven't even played one of those on TV! I would want to be a party planner. I love planning a party, I love mixing people together. I love getting the food ready, it's just fun. And people always have a good time."
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19wow!! rae you are such a stalker!! you even have my old quotes?? lol! ookk?? i have dislike jennifer aniston since i first saw her stupid azz in friends!! my dislike of her has nothing to do with miss angelina jolie. please, just shut your ffuucking mouth FANISTON LOONIFER!! psycho stalker BBIITCH!! LOL!!! i don't give a damm about none of these rich bbiitches!! when i referred to jolie as MY idol, i was being sarcastic! i love angelina jolie and all her movies from hackers to the tourist! but SHE'S not my idol!!! i just like her as an actress. i don't even know the woman and i will never know her.. don't get all caught up in the lives of rich and famous. it's NOT your life!! you defend maniston like if you were really her.. she does NOT give a crap about you OR anyone else! she doesnt even know you exist!! just shut up already!! AND where's your face?? why hide your real face under a cartoon character?? hahaha??!! lmao!! ugly bbiitch!!
Now you're saying angelina's your idol, but just a while back you said "i don't give a fUUck if jolie was or wasn't. just because i don't like aniston, doesn't mean that it's because i like jolie"................ now what was that about!?! and get something straight, i said i'm simply a FAN of aniston, YOU'RE the one referring to someone as your "IDOL" so what do you worship her!? Do you have a shrine to her? Does having jolie as an "idol" mean you have to go attack on aniston? Now, that's what i call obsessed lol! And i never go comment on jolie unless if jennifer's involved, yes i WILL go comment and say that i think jennifer is more beautiful, nicer, stylish, etc but other than that i don't bother commenting on your idol jolie
rae you fcking psycho and stalker! lol!! i just read your wall and i can tell your OBSESSED with jennifer maniston!! CREEEPYYY!!! OH, and i read your hating comments towards angelina jolie!! so let me get this straight, you don't WANT NOBODY talking bad about ja, because if they do you lash out at them, but YOU DO TALK SHHHIT about anyone you want, including MY idol angelina jolie??!!!?? hhmmm... okay?? lol!!lol!!! you are one crazy bbitch!! lmfao!! deuces brotha!! please, seek mental help ASAP. I hope you do :)
@cynthia, YOU'RE the one that needs to calm down, i was simply asking you why would you wanna hurt jen? You don't have to be so mean. Btw I'm not the one pulling out the f-words and talking about wanting to b!tch slap someone i don't even know lol! yes, it's a free country, and you can easily say you don't like someone in a calm and normal way like how Susan Zemitas did but stating your need to want to cause bodily harm to the rich and powerful ms Aniston can land you in jail sweety! (that's how ivanka trumps stalker started out) Also, no i am not a loonifer, i'm simply a fan of the lovely ms Aniston :-) I've also noticed that you previously posted before that you were NOT a fan of angelina but looking at your other posts, you go on to refer to angelina as "the queen" Lol girl, you're sooooo confused. Jennifer is a goddess and i hope you get the help you need and take care
Well, I'm an unabashed Jennifer fan, I admit. But even if it were Angelina whom I don't particularly favor, I would defend these comments from her. She is simply stating a very well known fact in Hollywood and she isn't the first to comment about the oddity of turning 40+ in Hollywood. When she was 38 and 39 no one whined too much about her looks as much...but she is correct, ever since she hit 40 all stories about her always include..."the 40 year old actress, the 41 year old actress..." blah, blah, blah. I bet it IS weird always having a number before your name. They act like that is the defining characteristic of you...or that "wow, she looks so good EVEN THOUGH she is 42"...she works hard at looking good because as she has said in the past: it's part of her job. And by the way, it took my brother 2 tries before he got accepted to medical school. He had to work his a$$ off because he is not a natural student, never was, but he made it through (lost most of his hair in the process, LOL). You don't need to be a rocket scientist to be a doctor...just the perseverence of one. Jen would be great in the medical profession; she would have had a great rapport with patients.
Jenny you look wonderful at 42 my dear am 49 and i thank God because i still fit in the 30's category dear, keep eating lots of vegetable, greens and white boiled meet you will just be fine that is my secret.Avoid fried food and red meet also lots of water on daily basis. Have always admired you through out your career babe!!.
@ rae lol!! calm down loonifer!! im not talking about you, so mind your business!! last time i checked, this was a free country and we have freedom of speech. gosh, you sound like if YOU were jennifer! like azzholes, everyone has opinions. and i have mine. if you don't like it, i really don't give a ffuuck cuz you ain't nobody! take your own advice and take a chill pill. your comments were alarming and comical at the same time! lol!! jennifer anuston does not give a ffuuck about you or anyone else but herself. she will never read your comments and i am sure she would laugh her azz off if she read it!
nice, I love reading the comments here. The main reason for coming here! PS: No, you don't have to be particularly smart to be a doctor...you just have to be good at regurgitating facts.
@cythia, reading your comment again, why on earth do you wanna "slap the sh!!t out of her" What has jennifer ever done too you? She doesn't even know you! You need to speak to someone in anger management, sorry i'm not trying to be nasty. But when someone can say such things like that about someone they don't even know is frankly alarming and scary. Take a chill pill and calm down
Jeez you people are hilarious, especially you cynthia! You crack me up with your comments. And why are you so sick of her? you simply cannot stop commenting on her on all her articles! I (as a fan of ms aniston) honestly wish the nasty comments would just go away Jennifer will always be around because people (whether fans or haters) CANNOT stop talking about her and unlike some famous wags and paris hiltons out there who are living off their husbands/parents money, jen's out there, putting out 3-4 movies a year, making a truck load of cash and taking care of herself! she's also so right in saying "All of a sudden you're labeled, you're a number" because people are always talking about her age! i say SO WHAT!? i don't hear them talking this way about other women over 40 who love showing off their rockin bods like kylie minogue, monica bellucci, cindy crawford and halle berry! And lastly, her movie "just go with it" is out (and at number 1!) so it's her JOB to go on interviews to promote it. maybe if you people would stop commenting on her, usmag would stop posting articles on her
Jennifer, age is just a # girl b/c you look Gorgeous!
i swear, everytime she opens her mouth, s#!!t falls out of it!! why be a doctor?? are you f***king serious?? why not dumbazz?? oh, i forgot! because she does NOT care about no one but herself. she's such an idiot, i swear if i could, i would slap the sh!!t out of her.. i am so sick of people blowing smoke up her azz as if she were this great caring person or mother teresa!! she AIN'TT!!! she does not want to help YOU OR ANY other people. her comment proved what i knew all along about this shallow selfish two faced b!!tch!! go away maniston!!
She's overdone in the tabloids! I'm tired of her!
typical self serving b-actress why doesn't Jen shut her trap. Diana Ross Liza Minelli Sophia Loren and the like didn't complain as vocally when they were over 40. of course 2 of those 3 had an Oscar on their mantlepiece by that point as in Sophia who had won when she was 28 years old and Liza who had won when she was 27 years old in April 1973 for Caberet
Being a party planner would be awesome! Or a wedding planner... so much fun! Jen is awesome! She's a tough woman, and she keeps on going even though SO MANY people are negative towards her.
Im over 40 too n I dont feel weird... in fact I rarely think about it.. age is just a number Jen... be happy wiv what u have..
Yes, Jen, you're forty now, time to grow up. Why would she want to be a doctor, you have to be smart to be a doctor. She is one of the most shallow people I can think of.
I read that before, that she said she, if not in show business, would be a doctor. Oh, sure, I totally can see the intellectual featherweight at University, Med School, hard working at some hospital in endless night shifts...and as an alternative party planner? Yeah, that is more like her. Seriously, read and say many interviews, I have never ever noticed that she said anything that really ment something. She is just an aged party girl.
Only thing I gotzta say on that subject "Jen wait until you reach 50, you will definitely be certifiably dizzy instead of just weird." Enjoy your 40's, be mellow.