Monday June 22, 2009

Emma Thompson has vowed never to have plastic surgery — because she doesn’t want to be “fiddled” with.

The classy British actress, 50, is keen to grow old gracefully.

“I’m not fiddling with myself,” she said. “We’re in this awful youth-driven phase now, where everybody feels they need to look 30 at 60.

“I hate that. The trick is to age honestly and gracefully.”

Thompson — who is married to actor Greg Wise — recently revealed she was planning to take a break from Hollywood as a birthday present to herself. (She turned 50 in April.)

“I’m taking a year off. That’s my birthday present to myself,” she said. “I’m not going to act, write or anything like that. I’ll be a mum, teach drama at my daughter’s school, I’ll cook meals and have fun, go out with my friends, I’ll go to movies and not think about working. I’ll see what bubbles up after that.

“As an actor and writer, sometimes I think you have to stop creating and let your brain relax. I think it hones the appetite. I think that’s important.”

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