'I wish there was more of a celebration of getting older': Winona Ryder reveals her love for her elder peers including landlady Helen Mirren

By Daily Mail Reporter

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After finding fame very young, Winona Ryder admits she stills looks up to her older female peers even now and believes people should look to the Native Americans for attitudes toward aging.

With her youthful glow, the 42-year-old may not need to worry about the visible signs however she urges all women to celebrate getting older and not fight against it.

Speaking exclusively to Red Magazine, the Hollywood actress said: '[Native Americans] have this incredible respect for their elders – it’s like the older you get, the more awesome you are.

'It's beautiful': Winona Ryder, pictured in the forthcoming edition of Red magazine, believes people should look to the Native Americans for attitudes toward aging

'It's beautiful': Winona Ryder, pictured in the forthcoming edition of Red magazine, believes people should look to the Native Americans for attitudes toward aging

'I’m hesitant to say this because I don’t want to knock anybody who’s done it, but the whole thing with plastic surgery…When you’re around people who celebrate age and respect every line for telling a story, it’s beautiful.

'I wish there was more of a celebration of getting older. When I do magazine shoots, people always say, 'Oh, she doesn’t age,' but I have the best make-up people and photographers. I don’t look like that every day.'

 

Out on Tuesday: The actress, pictured on the March cover of the magazine, admits to findings it difficult to find older roles after her huge success in her twenties

Out on Tuesday: The actress, pictured on the March cover of the magazine, admits to findings it difficult to find older roles after her huge success in her twenties

The Beetlejuice star says she has a lot of respect and love for the older women around her in the industry, including Helen Mirren, who is actually her landlady.

Winona told the magazine: 'She and Taylor Hackford have this mansion and I rent a little cottage in the back.

'If I’m having a problem with the house, she’ll come up and fix it.

'She is everything you would hope she’d be: wonderful, warm and funny. I had to tell her I love Prime Suspect so much that, for 10 years, I stayed in hotels under the name DCI Jane Tennison.'

While the elite of the acting world are preparing their showstopping gowns for the Oscars on Sunday, Winona admits to wearing a dress worth just $10 to the star-studded ceremony before.

'Most of my wardrobe is vintage. At Sean Penn’s last Haiti gala I wore this dress that I’d worn to a film premiere in 2005. I know that’s kind of a no-no in the fashion world, but why wear something just once if you love it?'

Discussing her headline-grabbing early thirties as 'rough', she admits that securing older roles was difficult.

'I went through stuff that I probably should have gone through much younger, but I had spent my twenties working. Even when I was the right age for older roles, people thought of me as being younger. It was tough because I’d had so much success in my early twenties.'

Relaxing shoot: The brunette beauty also revealed that she is very happy with her boyfriend, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, CEO of ethical fashion brand Loomstate

Relaxing shoot: The brunette beauty also revealed that she is very happy with her boyfriend, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, CEO of ethical fashion brand Loomstate

After admitting that she knew very little about Fifty Shades of Grey, the brunette beauty revealed that she was very happy with her boyfriend, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, CEO of ethical fashion brand Loomstate.

'Yeah, he’s very special. What he does, which is incredible, is all about sustainability and helping companies go green. His work is pretty humbling', she added.

The full interview appears in the April 2014 issue of Red, on sale March 4. Also available in digital edition on Apple Newsstand.

For further exclusive content, please visit Red Online.

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Winona is aging fabulously, Absolutly stunning!

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Always number one on my 'allowed list' and looking at Winona today...that will never change. Utterly stunning woman

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I always lover her quirky look, she is defo on my wish list

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so why are all the shots photoshopped ??

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She looks amazing!

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Why would Winona Ryder want to celebrate aging? She doesn't age.

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She's more beautiful than ever now.

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I find her to be so strikingly beautiful. To much dismay of my mom, I wanted so bad to be Lydia from Beetlejuice SO bad. I've loved Winona ever since.

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Wow, those photos of her are beautiful.

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WOW! she looks fantastic !

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