Author: Candice Bergen

Quotes

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

- Candice Bergen

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

- Candice Bergen

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

- Candice Bergen

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

- Candice Bergen

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

- Candice Bergen

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

- Candice Bergen

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

- Candice Bergen

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

- Candice Bergen

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

- Candice Bergen

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