“As I saw my 60th birthday approaching, I thought,What did 60 mean to me? I figured I'd probably live until I'm about 90, which meant that I was at the beginning of what I call my third act. As an actress, I know how important the third act is. It makes sense of the first and second acts. You can have first and second acts that are interesting, but you don't know what they mean. Then a good third act pulls it all together. And so I knew that, because I sat by my father's side over the long months when he was dying.”
![“Sixty is heaven," she [bohemian Aunt Norma] told Jeanie as they sat having tea. "The world is done with you, you become to all intents and purposes invisible, particularly if you are a woman. I like to think of it as your third life. There's childhood, then adult conformity - work, family…” quote by Hilary Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/255/hilary-boyd-97858_family-responsibilit_sixty-is-heaven-she-bohemian-aunt-norma_2584825.jpg)
![“[At age 76:] A good life is like a good play -- it has to have a satisfying and exciting third act.” quote by Ethel Barrymore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d6/ethel-barrymore-31580_age_at-age-76-a-good-life-is-like-a-good-pla_1560189.jpg)
