You look phenomenal. What are your secrets to aging so beautifully?
"Well, that’s genetics. I have nothing to do with that."

Do you do anything in terms of upkeep?
"Yes, I do. And it’s not so much that I do, but that I did. My mom taught me this when I was very young: What you take care of in your twenties is what you’re going to inherit in your sixties. So, this has been a forty-year romance with my skin and I have taken care of it religiously. I clean, moisturize, and hydrate my skin twice a day. As I get older, my skin gets a little bit drier so it needs more moisturizing. But regardless, one thing hasn’t changed from my 20s to my 50s — and that's SPF. Anything I put on my face has to have SPF. I don’t care if it’s mid-winter.

"Trust me, if you consistently take care of your skins and its needs — and sometimes, that has to be what you eat and drink, but also, the topical treatments that you apply on a daily basis — in a couple of years, you will see the difference. It’s an investment in yourself."

So, in terms of food and drink, we've read that you're super-disciplined — that you only allow yourself a small teacup of coffee each day. What are your rules?
"No! I’m not that disciplined. People would like to believe that. Actually, It’s just that I don’t have a strong system for coffee. But, as far as discipline goes, I have a 12-year-old and what I try to explain to her is that we do what we have to do now, so that we can do what we want to do later on. That’s the mantra.

"Sometimes we have to fast and we have to do things that are boring — nobody wants to do it, but you have to do it so that you can do what you want to do later on. So, if you want to have a couple of glasses of wine just make sure that a couple of days of the week either you fast or you cleanse your system. Everything in moderation — including moderation. I don’t believe in saying, 'I don’t eat pasta or dairy or whatever.' Life is way too short!"