--- title: Tina Fey Says Aging Is Biggest Challenge She Has Faced description: While it may seem like Tina Fey's career couldn't be doing better, she revealed she is facing her biggest obstacle yet in the acting world. canonical: https://time.com/4243817/tina-fey-aging-actress-challenge/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-01T22:53:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:38.635Z og:title: Tina Fey Says Aging Is the Biggest Challenge She Has Faced in Hollywood og:description: "It's a glorious act of bravery" og:url: https://time.com/4243817/tina-fey-aging-actress-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce8b0946ba7b688c/69887fd5bc6cfcbcf63dbf6e/tina-fey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tina Fey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tina Fey Says Aging Is the Biggest Challenge She Has Faced in Hollywood twitter:description: "It's a glorious act of bravery" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce8b0946ba7b688c/69887fd5bc6cfcbcf63dbf6e/tina-fey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tina Fey Says Aging Is the Biggest Challenge She Has Faced in Hollywood  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 1, 2016 10:53 PM UTC  Actress Tina Fey attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Actress Tina Fey attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Dan MacMedan/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 1, 2016 10:53 PM UTC While it may seem like [Tina Fey’s career](http://time.com/4141318/tina-fey-amy-poehler-sisters-twitter-chat/) couldn’t be doing better, the 45-year-old [_Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_ star](http://time.com/4153369/watchtrailer-fey-whisky-tango-foxtrot/) revealed that she is facing her biggest obstacle yet in the acting world —and it’s something she has no control over. In a recent interview for [_Town & Country_‘s April issue](http://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a5146/tina-fey-interview/), Fey spoke frankly about aging as a [female in Hollywood](http://time.com/4038161/tina-fey-mindy-kaling/). “The greatest challenge for me as an actress is just getting older,” she told the magazine. “Trying to play the scene at hand while also trying to hold your face up. Fast-forward to being 68, and it’s a glorious act of bravery.” **Read More:** [Review: Tina Fey Falls in Love With a War Zone in _Whiskey Tango Foxtrot_](http://time.com/4243466/review-whiskey-tango-foxtrot-tina-fey/) However, she explained she isn’t interested in playing into the unrealistic standards for women in the industry. “There were people on the \[Golden\] Globes in their twenties who were so Botoxed,” she said. “In their twenties! We’ve been so conditioned now to never see a real human face, one that moves, with its original teeth. Sometimes we forget that there is a choice. I choose not to do this. It’s like wearing multiple pairs of Spanx: Good for you, not for me. 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