February 11, 2009 4:53 PM
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Looking Older Happens To Everyone
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The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney.
Have you ever been on television? The money is good but I hate it. It's sort of weird, too. I think we all have some idea of what we look like but if we see ourselves on television, it turns out we don't look like that at all.
I know I don't look like what I think I look like. I usually watch myself Sunday night and I don't look the same every week either. I told you a couple of weeks ago I've done about a thousand pieces here on 60 Minutes. I looked at some of them recently.
I used to look a lot younger than I do now. I don't know why that is. Sometimes I don't look younger, I just look funnier. Maybe I looked worse in 1978 than I do now. I hope so.
Hair makes the most difference in what a person looks like.
It's a depressing thought but all of us probably look our best at 21. Looking older happens to everyone of course.
There are two women on television I know who get better looking all the time, Diane Sawyer and Lesley Stahl. Diane has changed some over the years but she's still not what you'd call a homely woman. I see Lesley almost every day and she's as attractive and well got up around the office as she is on camera. Lesley was good-looking 20 years ago. She's better-looking now.
Women on television won't let their hair alone of course. Lesley has had a wide range of hair styles over the years. She probably spends more on her hair than on her clothes.
I spend a lot on my clothes, but not very often. I haven't bought a new suit in eleven years or had a haircut in five weeks. Women have their hair "done." Men have theirs cut. "Done" costs more.
Written By Andy Rooney
Have you ever been on television? The money is good but I hate it. It's sort of weird, too. I think we all have some idea of what we look like but if we see ourselves on television, it turns out we don't look like that at all.
I know I don't look like what I think I look like. I usually watch myself Sunday night and I don't look the same every week either. I told you a couple of weeks ago I've done about a thousand pieces here on 60 Minutes. I looked at some of them recently.
I used to look a lot younger than I do now. I don't know why that is. Sometimes I don't look younger, I just look funnier. Maybe I looked worse in 1978 than I do now. I hope so.
Hair makes the most difference in what a person looks like.
It's a depressing thought but all of us probably look our best at 21. Looking older happens to everyone of course.
There are two women on television I know who get better looking all the time, Diane Sawyer and Lesley Stahl. Diane has changed some over the years but she's still not what you'd call a homely woman. I see Lesley almost every day and she's as attractive and well got up around the office as she is on camera. Lesley was good-looking 20 years ago. She's better-looking now.
Women on television won't let their hair alone of course. Lesley has had a wide range of hair styles over the years. She probably spends more on her hair than on her clothes.
I spend a lot on my clothes, but not very often. I haven't bought a new suit in eleven years or had a haircut in five weeks. Women have their hair "done." Men have theirs cut. "Done" costs more.
Written By Andy Rooney
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