Why Anna Kendrick Already Started Calling Herself 40 a Full Year Before Her Milestone Birthday
Mar. 15, 2025Anna Kendrick on Oct. 10 in L.A.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/WireImage
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Anna Kendrickdoesn’t turn the big four-oh until Aug. 9, 2025, but thePitch Perfectstarhas already started referring to herself as a 40-year-old.
OnThe Drew Barrymore ShowOct. 30, the host inquired about Kendrick’s upcoming milestone birthday, prompting Kendrick to confess she has already aged herself a year.
“I feel really great about it,” said Kendrick. “Like I’m one of those people that as I approach, like, a milestone age I’ll start saying it anyway. So I just am saying, ‘Yeah, I’m 40,’ and I’m not. But I feel like I might as well just start saying it.”
Anna Kendrick on Oct. 22 in New York City.Jason Mendez/Getty
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“Being a grownup is awesome,” said Barrymore, prompting the actress to agree: “It’s so awesome.”
“I remember being so excited to turn 30, and I turned 30 and it was awesome,” said Kendrick, “and I’m so excited to turn 40 because it just feels more and more like, ‘Dude, I’m a grownup!’ ”
“As scary as it is to be like, ‘Oh no, I’m the adult in the room,’ you’re also like, ‘I made it, I’m in control.’ I’m allowed to, like, exist and not kind of ask permission to grab a cookie at night.”
Anna Kendrick with Tony Hale in ‘Woman of the Hour.'.Leah Gallo/Netflix
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Kendrick expressed a similar sentiment about turning 40 when she talked to PEOPLE earlier in October.
“I guess it’s a little bit like when I turned 30, there is a feeling of being able to … I don’t know, just let things fall away or something. I always looked little when I was a kid and I couldn’t wait to grow up and get older,” she said. “There’s something really nice that I’m looking forward to about being, ‘I’m an adult, you can’t tell me s—.”
Kendrick clearly isn’t afraid to try new things as she gets older. Her directorial debut, the true-crime dramaWoman of the Hour, debuted on Netflix in October, a proud moment for the star, who also has a lead role in the film.
Woman of the Houris now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
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