Linda Hamilton 'doesn't chase' beauty
Linda Hamilton doesn't "chase beauty" and has "surrendered" to the impact of getting older.
Linda Hamilton doesn't "chase beauty".
The 69-year-old actress - who is best known for her role of Sarah Connor in the Terminator movies - has "surrendered" to the way her face and body have changed with age and she tries to stay "fully planted in the moment".
She told AARP Movies for Grownups: "I do not spend a moment trying to look younger on any level, ever. I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I’ve earned. And it tells me so much. And sometimes it’s stuff I don’t want to hear.
"I don’t chase beauty, and I don’t chase longevity particularly. I’m fully planted in the moment."
But Linda stressed she still looks after herself.
She added: "But that doesn’t mean you don’t try to be healthy. But not all the time — sometimes it is just a jelly donut.
"I’m not rigid, which is a fantastic way to get older. I’ve always said that rigidifying is what kills us: the rigid thoughts and the sort of not moving. I’ve tried very hard in my life to stay as fluid as possible.
"One definition of happiness is being in the middle of a fast-moving river and not trying to swim to the left or the right side. And that, truly, is kind of what my life has been. It’s been a great, fun ride."
Linda has experienced "a lot of damage and harm" to her body after yeas of doing her own stunts but worked out three times a week to keep in the best possible shape for her new role in the final season of Stranger Things.
She said: “To do Stranger Things and to just keep myself in a level of fitness — there’s also a lot of damage and harm that I’m working with, having done so many stunts and falling on my butt in fear, there’s a bit of a price to pay — I was doing physical therapy three times a week.
"It’s this fantastic place that I discovered that was paying attention to whatever I needed that day. It was Pilates, it was yoga, a lot of free weights, machines, cables, everything. And I kind of love that: to go in and not have a chest and back day, but just have a 'what do you need to loosen up and stretch out today.'
"Really, really invaluable. So that’s basically what I do three times a week."
