Celebrity Advice: What Stars Would Tell Their Younger Selves

Everyone at one point or another wishes they could go back in time and talk to their younger self — if only to hand over some advice. And the following celebrities know exactly the wisdom they would pass down to themselves if they had the chance.

From Christie Brinkley to Melissa McCarthy to even Michelle Obama, everyone has some tips to share. In fact, the former first lady even opened up about those exact wise words.

“If I could give my younger self just one piece of advice, it would be this: Stop being so afraid!” Michelle told People in a special letter. “That’s really what strikes me when I look back — the sheer amount of time I spent tangled up in fears and doubts that were entirely of my own creation. I was afraid of not knowing the answer in class and looking stupid, or worried about what some boy thought of me, or wondering whether the other girls liked my clothes or my hair, or angsting about some offhand comment someone made to me in the lunchroom.”

“I would love to go back in time and tell my younger self, ‘Michelle, these middle and high school years are just a tiny blip in your life, and all the slights and embarrassments and heartaches, all those times you got that one question wrong on that test – none of that is important in the scheme of things,'” she revealed to the outlet.

Things ended up going well for Michelle, especially since she ended up in the White House and had a major positive impact on many people around the world for eight years while her husband, Barack Obama, was present of the United States. But Michelle isn’t the only star who would gladly have something to tell themselves.

Scroll on down to see more celebs’ advice to their younger selves!

Debbie Gibson

“I would say to my younger self and myself now, ‘Stop worrying so much,’” the “Only in My Dreams” singer told Fox News. “I saw a sign recently that said, ‘Not to ruin the ending, but it’s all going to be OK.’ And I think that’s so profound for everybody, showbiz or non-showbiz. I think that we spend so much time trying to shape our future and working our will, and worrying. That usually doesn’t make anything better in life. It doesn’t make me sing better. It doesn’t make me feel better. I would tell my younger self that, and to really savor every moment.”

Beverley Mitchell

“Just enjoy every minute,” Beverley Mitchell told Closer Weekly and other reporters when asked what advice she would give her younger self. “I think everyone always says that but I mean life just goes by so fast. Especially now — I can’t believe like our kids are turning five and seven. You know we get so caught up in everything that I think we just stop and if we don’t stop and breathe and take every moment and taking every experience.”

“You know because it’s like you’re just so busy doing and I think that my whole past decade I was just so busy doing that.” the actress continued. “I need to slow down and just enjoy each moment.”

Fran Drescher

When it comes to what advice The Nanny alum would give her younger self, she exclusively told Closer Weekly, “I would say, ‘You’re fabulous.’ the 61-year-old beauty revealed to Closer Weekly in an exclusive interview. And “‘You’re going to go through some stuff but you’re going to come through and land on the other side better than ever.'”

Melissa McCarthy

“If I could go back in time and tell my 10-year-old self anything, I would tell her: Don’t worry about what other people think, or about whether you’re doing what they think is the right thing,” the comedian revealed to People. “The things you worry about now, they mostly won’t matter. So just follow your heart. I would tell my 16-year-old self, in a few years, you’re going to go nuts, just be nicer to your mom and dad when you do.”

Judi Dench

“Don’t wear things that people tell you you look good in,” the famous actress told Stylist. “You almost always won’t look good in it. Often I see people and I think, ‘Does that person really like what they’re wearing or are they doing it to keep up with fashion?’”

“I have never worn anything fashionable for the whole of my life,” she added. “I just wear old things which I like very much and have far too many of. Wear what you feel good in; it will look much chicer than wearing something fashionable that makes you feel ill-at-ease.”