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Don’t dye your grey hair, advises George Clooney

LONDON — Men who dye their hair and have plastic surgery are actually making themselves look older, said George Clooney. In an age where Hollywood demands ever more youthful stars, coming to terms with grey hairs and wrinkles is no easy task.

George Clooney. 
Photo: Reuters

George Clooney.
Photo: Reuters

LONDON — Men who dye their hair and have plastic surgery are actually making themselves look older, said George Clooney. In an age where Hollywood demands ever more youthful stars, coming to terms with grey hairs and wrinkles is no easy task.

But the film star, who has long been admired for his ability to age gracefully, has argued there is no point “trying to fight” the ageing process. The 54-year-old actor has confessed he does not think dyeing hair or plastic surgery “really works”, adding: “I think it actually makes you look older.”

The film star conceded that the onslaught of mother nature can be particularly hard on actors, who are offered fewer roles and less prominent characters. But he said: “I think for all of us, you have to come to terms with getting older and not trying to fight it. You have a couple of options — which is get older or die.

“And so you have to get used to that idea that your roles in films and who you are and how you’re perceived is going to change. That will disappoint people at times.”

Clooney also said plastic surgery wouldn’t “make much sense”. “I’ve seen it happen, particularly on men. I don’t think it really works. I think it actually makes you look older. I’m a big believer in the idea that you can’t try to look younger. You just have to look the best you can at the age you are.”

Last year, Clooney was voted the world’s top Man Ageing Gracefully — given the colloquial acronym, MAG. In a poll of 1,000 people, the actor was deemed the winner of a list of men over 40 to have embraced ageing, receiving top marks for not dyeing his hair and for “looking happy in his skin”.

His comments come after Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda told The Daily Telegraph: “It is okay for men to get older, because men become more desirable by being powerful”.

As for talk about Clooney and his wife, the movie star added that while he had married “a very strong, clever woman”, he denied they were a power couple. His wife Amal is a respected lawyer and was among a high-profile legal team advising the Greek government on possible action in the international court regarding the return of the Elgin marbles. Further fuelling speculation about his political aspirations, Clooney said: “Bill and Hillary (Clinton) seem to be a power couple. I think we’re just a couple with great interest in the human condition. I don’t think of it as particularly powerful. I just think of it as our responsibility as people on the planet.” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

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