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    William Shatner Shares Surprising Take on Turning 95

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    William Shatner is ready to boldly go into his next year of life.

    Despiteturning 95 on March 22, the Star Trek alum has found that he feels both “energized” and “focused.”

    “I don’t know what 95 feels like,” Shatner exclusively shared with E! News. “Every time I hear the number 95, I go, ‘Who? Who? Who’s 95 here?’”

    “I don’t know what it is,” he added of his age. “I lead a healthy life. I essentially don’t drink. I don’t smoke.”

    Celebrating his 95th birthday also means Shatner has had the time to reflect on his long and varied career—especially how his feelings about Star Trek have changed over the years. While he might have joked in the past that he was the one responsible for Star Trek’s enduring legacy, he has a different feeling almost 60 years later.

    “We have a great cast, great writers. We have the best plots, we have the best sets. We are telling human stories,” he shared with E!. “Star Trek takes place 400 years from now. Humankind is still there. We’ve got futuristic things that we fly to the planets and the stars. Nobody dies and everybody’s happy.”

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    And while the show famously stated that space was “the final frontier,” Shatner has a slightly different take. 

    “Death is the final frontier,” he explained. “And maybe even not that. If you look at quantum physics, you may have reason to hope that when we die, we don’t disappear. Our energy goes back home.”

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    And feeling energized himself, Shatner remains hard at work well into his 90s, recently partnering again with LifeWave, a life technology company led by DavidSchmidt that uses phototherapy patches to improve the health of the body. 

    Shatner first made a splash with the company last after their short film The World’s Oldest Intern went viral. Thanks to that success, LifeWave will be making two more short films with Shatner and his fellow Star Trek franchise stars Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager) and JonathanFrakes (William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation).

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    And fans will have their own chance to take part in the latest installments, with a nationwide casting call that will give two winners the opportunity to star as extras. Those interested can apply by April 28 on their website. 

    “You’ll have a part in the film,” Shatner teased, “and you’ll meet my two brothers-in-arms, Jonathan Frakes and Jeri Ryan.”

    For more stars who’ve been candid about aging in the spotlight, keep reading.

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    Heidi Klum”I don’t think of getting older as looking better or worse; it’s just different. You change, and that’s okay. Life is about change,” she told Self.

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    Cameron Diaz”There’s no such thing as anti-aging. We’re all aging, period. Women take it as something personal that they are getting older. They think that they failed somehow by not staying 25. This is crazy to me because my belief is that it’s a privilege to get older—not everybody gets to get older,” she told Access Hollywood.

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    Kate Beckinsale”Historically when women have made strides of some type, culturally things rise up to oppress them. Right now I feel like we’ve made a lot of strides, but nobody’s allowed to age or look pregnant. I feel all of that stuff has gotten worse. It’s a brilliant way to keep people enslaved, by having them horrified by themselves. Well I refuse to feel shame about being human,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

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    Jennifer Lopez”When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting,” she told Harper’s Bazaar.

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    Cindy Crawford”I’m actually happier with my body now… because the body I have now is the body I’ve worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn’t enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else’s,” she told Popsugar.

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    Drew Barrymore”Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They’re a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag, becoming hideous and gross, I won’t worry,” as she told Bustle. 

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    Madonna”F–k you. I’m 50. That’s what I’m going to say when I turn 50. Sorry,” as she told Popsugar. 

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    Diane Keaton”Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets,” as the told PopSugar. 

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    Helen Mirren”When you’re 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it’s fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it,” she told Bustle. 

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    Jennifer Garner”I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can’t worry about it too much,” she told Marie Claire UK.

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    Celine Dion”There’s no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It’s beautiful, I call that beauty,” she told Ok! Magazine.

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    Penelope Cruz”Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead,” as she told MarieClaire.

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    Kate Winslet”I’m baffled that anyone might not think women get more beautiful as they get older. Confidence comes with age, and looking beautiful comes from the confidence someone has in themselves,” she told Net-a-Porter Magazine. 

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    Oprah Winfrey”People who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society—the sickness of wanting to be what you’re not…. I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life,” she wrote in O Magazine.

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    Diane Von Furstenberg”Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands…. In my older face, I see my life. Every wrinkle, every smile line, every age spot. There is a saying that with age, you look outside what you are inside. If you are someone who never smiles, your face gets saggy. If you’re a person who smiles a lot, you will have more smile lines. Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I’ve taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?” she told Vogue. 

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    Reese Witherspoon”But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You’re not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it. Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin,” she told Glamour.

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