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Tina Fey Calls Aging a "Reverse Puberty" in Candid TV Interview

Her comic account of bodily change highlights how her writers use shared life experience to shape material.

Overview

  • Tina Fey, 56, told Today that getting older feels like a “reverse puberty,” joking that where teens are oily, older bodies become “papery.”
  • She said the joke grew out of conversations with her writers and that they encouraged her to write about their common experiences.
  • Fey told interviewers she is curious about other forms of writing, naming plays and prose as interests she might pursue next.
  • The remarks did not include any announcement of new projects or plans to retire and were presented as personal reflection rather than industry news.
  • The comments fit a longer pattern in which Fey, known for Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, has discussed scaling back and helping new voices enter TV and film.