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You Go, Girls!See Gwyneth Paltrow and 8 More Stars Over Age 40 Who’ve Totally Embraced Aging

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May 24, 2016 4:54 pm·

By Samantha Faragalli

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Age is just a number for these gorgeous stars!

Click through the gallery to see nine women in their forties — including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez and more! — who've embraced aging!

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Gwyneth Paltrow, 43

“I wish more women had told me that at 40 you sort of stop worrying about what other people think about you, and you come into yourself in the most phenomenal way,” she told People magazine. “I think the 40s are such a gift, and I feel more beautiful now than I did 10 years ago."

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Jennifer Lopez, 46

"When you first start in this business, you think, 'This is going to run out' or 'It's going to finish at a certain time' or 'If I reach a certain age I won't be relevant,'" Jennifer told People. "I have found that I just get better and better with more experience and more life. I have more to give to what I do and that's what I look forward to."

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Charlize Theron, 40

"Women, in our society, are compartmentalized so that we start to feel like we're cut flowers and after a while we will wilt. I realize now that's not the case — we can celebrate every age," Charlize told W Magazine. "I was always in a rush. I felt like time was going to run out. Now that I'm older, I know I'm not missing out on anything. Now, I go home, and that feels really good. When I hit 30, I realized I didn't have to please everybody. I could actually enjoy life, which is not a bad thing at all."

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Lucy Liu, 47

"I'm smarter, stronger, and more confident than I was in my twenties," Lucy told Fitness. "I know who I am now, and I'm more accepting of myself."

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Jennifer Aniston, 47

"I've had more fun post-40 than I can remember. From a work point of view, a physical point of view, a psychotherapeutic point of view," Jennifer told Harper's Bazaar.

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Kate Winslet, 40

"[Botox] goes against my morals, the way that my parents brought me up and what I consider to be natural beauty," she told Harper's Bazaar. “I am an actress, I don’t want to freeze the expression of my face."

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Drew Barrymore, 41

“When I was a kid, I felt like I should be older because I was working and not really being a kid. Then when I was in my 20s, I was like, 'I want to be a kid finally.' Now, it's the first time in my life that my age has met up with where my life is, and it’s perfect. I love being 40," she told Ellen DeGeneres. "I always felt not my age and now I feel my age and I love it. It feels comfortable.”

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Cameron Diaz, 43

"I can't wait to be older. The most interesting parts are for women who are over 40. We don't see it that way, because they're not the sexy parts," she told The Telegraph.

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Mariah Carey, 46

“I don't acknowledge being in that age group. I have no idea what that means. I am eternally 12. I went walking in the street in a stitch onesie the other night with my daughter. I think I have to remain eternally oblivious to age," Mariah told People Style. "Honestly, when you put a number on it yourself, it’s just like, 'Why? Why do that?' If I weren't in the public eye, would you know how old I was?”