Older Men We Love

We salute these 10 actors for their unwavering dedication to getting older—and better—with age

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Richard Gere

We love Gere's positive attitude toward aging. "There's certainly nothing negative associated with it at all," he told People magazine.

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Gary Oldman

The Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy actor has his priorities straight: “Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes," Oldman once said.. "I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family.”

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Harrison Ford

"Harrison Ford may be getting old, but he can fight like a 28 year old man," the actor once said. The actor will be over 70 years-old when filming for the [recently announced] 5^th installment of the Indiana Jones epic begins.

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Donald Sutherland

The Hunger Games actor told Esquire, "Getting old is like having a new profession, except it's not a profession of your own choosing."

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James Brolin

"In the future, I'm going to turn down anything that I don't feel I'm going to have fun with," the actor told PopEater of his career's second act.

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Robert DeNiro

After the Meryl Streep publicly dismissed plastic surgery, her fellow actor came to her side. "Meryl was describing how she doesn’t do any of that stuff, and that’s great. Getting old is a natural thing," DeNiro said. "And you’d better embrace it, ‘cos you’ve got no choice.”

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Robert Redford

Rough, rugged and still downright handsome, Redford told AARP, ""When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.' "

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Bruce Springsteen

Listen to the Boss when he says, "You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good."

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John Slattery

Ok, so he's only 47, but we salute the silver haired Mad Men star for embracing his grays.

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Ted Danson

"Every once in awhile, I'll be with the kids and see my reflection and think, 'Who's that old guy?' " Danson onced joked to USA Today. ""You've got to keep working so people know you're aging."

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You FORGOT the hottest older

Daphna 05.08.2012

You FORGOT the hottest older man - British actor Charles Dance.
Watch him on horseback in Game of Thrones , and then see him in White Mischief- He is the hottest of all.

More, I love your lists, but

Valerie Myers05.08.2012

More, I love your lists, but honesty, sometimes you guys can be so white-washed, it's ridiculous! What about Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson? Is it that you all are in need of a more diverse editorial staff in order to complile more diverse (and interesting) lists? If so, just give me a holla, I'm a published writer/editor and PR professional!