

“I have bottomless wells of respect for Jane and I love her. “I agree with Mary about Jane,” added Bergen. “There are lots of things that could take down a normal person and they don’t take her down. “Jane’s the bravest person I know,” said Steenburgen. You can be way, way older at 50 because you’re sick than you are at 80 because you’re not sick.” But when you’re inside it, it’s not scary at all. Maybe it’s not so scary.’ Old age is very scary when you’re outside looking at it. “I think that it helps younger people and middle-aged people to say, ‘Oh, God, they’re having fun. And I rely on them and I need them.”įonda called Steenburgen’s husband, actor Ted Danson, “exceptional,” noting he was with them in Italy.įonda also said she likes playing older women who still have a lot of pizzazz because it makes younger people less frightened of getting old. I learned a lot from that about courage and I also learned not to sweat the small stuff … it’s made me also realize I’m in an intense marriage and I realized how much I do value my female friends because they provide a whole other thing than he does in my life. “I showed up every day for two and a half months. She said she recently experienced the death of a friend. Said Steenburgen: “I think it’s just eventually how you choose to spend your days and how you choose to spend your life, and you face a moment like COVID, which was pretty scary for everybody, especially at the beginning.” “I have grandkids that I just value above everything so I base a lot around their schedules and seeing them.”

“I try to be deliberate because I know that time is passing,” added Bergen.

“And I want to be sure that when I get to the end that there are people who love me, there are people who’ve outlived me that will be there. “When I turned 60, I realized this is going to be the last chunk of my life, first 30 years, second 30 years, final 30 years,” she continued.
