Brooke Shields Talks Body Image in More Magazine

Brooke Shields - who turns 44 next month talks about aging and her sexy public image in the May issue of More Magazine.
 

"For years, I've been the youngest person on the set, and it occurred to me recently that I wasn't 26!" she tells the mag. "I'd read a script and say, 'Oh, that's a great character, that's something I'd love to do.' And they'd say, 'Um, no, we're thinking of you for the mother.' And then I'd say, 'Oh, of course! Of course! I knew that.'"
 

"There aren't a lot of movies out there for my age," adds Shields, whose NBC show Lipstick Jungle was canceled last year after two seasons.

Life experiences helped her come to terms with her self-image. "Suddenly I realized how good [my body] had been to me over the years," she says.
 

But just because she is comfortable in her own skin now doesn't mean she adores everything about it. "People say, 'I love my wrinkles.' I don't love my wrinkles – come on!"
 

Still, she admits, "I'm proud of my longevity more than anything else. There's a lot to be said for endurance. I'm trying to find the beauty in the whole picture rather than the crow's feet."