Mean Girls star Tina Fey: Ageing is like reverse puberty
Movie star Tina Fey has reflected on her experience of ageing.
Tina Fey has likened ageing to "reverse puberty".
The 56-year-old actress thinks it's hard to really understand what it means to age until you go through it yourself.
The Mean Girls star told the Today show: "I feel like it’s a reverse puberty in a way. It’s like your body starts to change and be disgusting in new ways.
"When you’re 12 or 13, you’re like, ‘Why am I so oily?’ And now you’re like, ‘Why am I so papery?’"
Tina has enjoyed huge success during her career, starring in TV shows like Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. And Tina admits that she's keeping an open-minded, optimistic approach to her future.
She said: "I’m hoping that things will just continue to present themselves. There definitely are other forms of writing that still interest me. I’d love to write a play.
"I’d love to maybe write in prose in another form. But I also just like sitting still in a chair and drinking coffee outside."
Tina previously revealed that she's keen to "help new voices get in the mix".
The actress admitted that she has mixed feelings about her long-term future in the film and TV business.
She told The Hollywood Reporter in 2025: "The impulse to hide and retire is very strong because I do think it’s time to help new voices get in the mix.
"It’s something I’m already doing, but I want to do more. Even on the walk over here I was like, ‘I am so tired of hearing from me. Surely everyone else is tired of hearing from the same people over and over again.’"
Tina also observed that she has "no sense for the business".
The TV star - who wrote Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a hit sitcom about a woman who escapes a bunker after 15 years in captivity - explained: "I’ve never had the brain to be like, ‘You know what the market’s looking for these days? Twins!’
"I don’t know how to work backwards. The fact that I tried to follow 30 Rock with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shows you I have no sense for the business."
