'Knot's Landing' star Donna Mills issues urgent warning about aging
Donna Mills warns that it "takes work" to look good as you age, urging people to never stop exercising.
"I think the people out there have to realize it takes work. You can't just decide, ‘Oh, I'm going to look good,’ you know?" the "Knots Landing" star said on Kara Mayer Robinson's "Really Famous" podcast. "I didn't wake up looking like this."
The 85-year-old actress said she works out almost every day and frequently plays tennis.
Donna Mills, seen in 2024 and in 1983, spoke about the secret to aging well. (Tina Thorpe/Disney via Getty Images; Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
"I started out as a dancer, so I know how essential that is, and I know what it means for your body," she said. "And I know that I don't have, at my age, any of the things that happen to the body, you know? I mean I’ve not had any knees replaced or hips replaced or anything, you know, because I never stopped working out."
She said people often stop working out after they have kids or when they get to a certain age.
"And so, for years they don't work out," she said. "You can't get that back. You really can't. You can start to work out again … but you've lost something in that time."
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Donna Mills, right, is seen in a scene from "Knots Landing" in 1980. (1980 CBS Photo Archive)
Mills’ advice is to "just keep doing it always and then your body will respond the way it should."
The "Play Misty for Me" actress said if she starts exercising again after a few weeks off, she can feel it.
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Donna Mills is seen on an episode of "Doctor Odyssey" in 2024. (Tina Thorpe/Disney via Getty Images)
"It's hard," she admitted. "And I go, ‘I'm never going to do this again,’ because I do a lot of stretching and that just tightens up real fast. So, starting again, it's painful and all that, but once you do it, you know, three or four days and then, you know, it all kind of moves in again and works again. But I just advise just keep doing it. Just keep working out. Always."