Linda Hamilton Refuses To ‘Chase Beauty’ As She Ages

Linda Hamilton isn’t trying to turn back the clock.

At 69, the “Terminator” actor explained she doesn’t “chase beauty” as she’s gotten older in an interview with AARP that came out on Wednesday.

“I do not spend a moment trying to look younger on any level, ever,” she explained. “I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I’ve earned. And it tells me so much. And sometimes it’s stuff I don’t want to hear.”

Hamilton, who returns to the screen in the new season of “Stranger Things” that debuted this week, added, “I don’t chase beauty, and I don’t chase longevity particularly.”

Linda Hamilton, here at a London screening of “Stranger Things” earlier this month, talked about her approach to aging in a new interview with AARP.

For the star, being present and being flexible are both far more important ways to stay healthy than trying to recapture the past.

“I’m fully planted in the moment, but that doesn’t mean you don’t try to be healthy,” she said. “But not all the time — sometimes it is just a jelly donut.”

Hamilton, here in 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," returns to her sci-fi roots in the latest season of Netflix's "Stranger Things." — Hamilton, here in 1991’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” returns to her sci-fi roots in the latest season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”

“I’m not rigid, which is a fantastic way to get older,” Hamilton added. “I’ve always said that rigidifying is what kills us: the rigid thoughts and the sort of not moving.”

Stressing the importance of going with the flow, she told AARP, “I’ve tried very hard in my life to stay as fluid as possible.”

“One definition of happiness is being in the middle of a fast-moving river and not trying to swim to the left or the right side,” she went on. “And that, truly, is kind of what my life has been. It’s been a great, fun ride.”