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I turned 40 on the set of the reunion show for 'Sheer Genius,' so it wasn't a hideous birthday because I had everyone on the cast and crew sing 'Happy Birthday' to me, and I won $10,000 for being the fan favorite. It was really liberating to turn 40 and realize that I felt very comfortable with myself and knew who I was.

— Tabatha Coffey

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

— Jennifer Lopez

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

— Rik Mayall

I love the Sixties with Julie Christie and Jane Birkin - those natural English beauties. That's the look that is most me, when I wore the tight-to-the knee dresses. I don't think I bleached my hair until I was 20. I like experimenting for big occasions, though. You've always got to do a bit of a number for the birthday!

— Kate Moss

I'm 25, but I was a kid on the set. But everybody was really great.

— Shane West

Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life.

— Matthew Sweet

I think it's amazing that I'm 45 and it is the most creatively successful year of my life.

— Amy Landecker

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

— Truman Capote

At this time when I turn 50, because so there's many of my friends and family who didn't get to see 50-years-old, and so, I'm celebrating for them too.

— Reba McEntire

I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic.

— Jewel

I hated turning 40; the whole idea of it stank. But once I got through it, I was fine.

— Cindy Crawford