Woody Allen on Aging

From Cannes this week:

"There is no advantage in getting older. I'm 74 now. You don't get smarter, you don't get wiser, you don't get more mellow, you don't get more kindly...nothing good happens.

"Your back hurts more, you get indigestion, your eyesight isn't as good and you need a hearing aid. It's a bad business getting older, and I would advise you not to do it if you can."

And don't believe what you see in the movies, he added. "[Getting older] doesn't have a romantic quality. You know, elderly characters in movies like 'Gramps' or 'Pop' or 'the backstage doorman' or something. Better to be younger and get the girl."