How to Age Like Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston 

Key Points: 

• Both Rudd and Aniston follow similar rules by consistently sleeping well, eating healthy, and exercising. 
• Aniston speaks of aging biology researcher Dr. David Sinclair and some of the latest aging biology science he promotes.  
• Being rich and famous may help Rudd and Aniston counter the accelerated aging associated with low socioeconomic status. 

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston both turned 54 this year, placing them in the public eye for over a quarter of a century. As time has passed, many have wondered how they have aged so gracefully. Here are some of Paul and Jennifer’s answers. 

Paul Rudd is the star of the recently released Marvel film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He has also been featured in hilarious movies such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. In a January 31, 2023 interview with Men’s Health, Rudd was asked to give some tips on obtaining a superhero body, eternal youth, and happiness. The interviewer explains that Rudd held his hand at eye level and answered, “Sleep.” The actor then progressively lowered his hand, as if to rank each tip, and continued, “Then diet. Then weights. Then cardio.” To emphasize his number one tip for staying a youthful and cheerful superhero, he says: 

“People ask me, ‘Can you send me your meal plan? How many times a week do you work out? Do you drink? Do you eat carbs? Do you have a cheat day?’ The most important part of training is sleep. People will set their alarm and then sleep for four hours and they’ll get up so that they can train. They’re doing themselves a disservice. If you can somehow get eight hours of sleep . . .”

Elaborating on his routine, insights, and outlook: 

“I get up and I have a cup of coffee, and then I do cardio before I eat anything. I never would’ve done that before [Ant-Man]. I lift weights, hopefully at least three times a week. And I’ve learned so much about how my body reacts to foods, how it reacts to exercise, and where I’m happiest and how much it affects me mentally. . . . If I’m in this suit, running around playing a character who’s supposed to be a superhero, I just feel better. And I feel less like an impostor.”

In addition to getting sufficient sleep, lifting weights, and doing cardio, Rudd eats eggs every day. He also has a lot of salmon and protein shakes that are just protein and water without fruit. 

Overall, Paul doesn’t seem to do anything particularly special — sleep, diet, and exercise. 

Jennifer Aniston is perhaps best known for her role as Racheal on the classic NBC sitcom Friends. She also just released a film on Netflix with legendary comedic actor Adam Sandler called Murder Mystery 2. In a January 24, 2014 interview with Women’s Health, it was revealed that Aniston loves cycling and yoga. When asked about her top three beauty tips, she said:  

“I would say do a scrub three times a week to really get your skin clean. Hydrate—obviously drink, drink, drink lots of water. And moisturize. And I’m going to throw a fourth one in and say sleep.”

Elaborating on her diet: 

“I think just eating really good fruits and vegetables, less fried food, of course—fried food is terrible, soda is terrible. Just fruits and vegetables and healthy lean proteins and water. Of course, alcohol tends to dry up your skin.”

While Aniston’s tips are more skin-focused, in general, she seems to follow the same rules as Rudd by eating healthy, sleeping well, and exercising consistently.  

Jennifer Aniston on Aging and Aging Science

In her October, 2019 Allure interview, Jennifer says, 

“Very little offends me, but what I do think is becoming dated are things like, ‘Oh, you look great for your age,'” she says. “Because at a certain point, you should start to look like shit? Because that’s what that is implying. Like, ‘You should look like hell right now!'”

She goes on to explain the benefits of the latest aging research: 

“Science is expanding, and technology is incredible, and there are all of these things that we’re learning that our parents’ generation and their parents’ generation didn’t know,” she says. “They were smoking or putting all sorts of preservatives in their body they didn’t know about. We understand now that what you put in your body affects what you look like on the outside. We’re becoming more conscious of that cycle.”

In a June 28, 2021 interview with Vogue, Jennifer talks about David Sinclair, the Harvard professor who helped popularize the concept of aging as a disease. She says, 

“I love Dr. Sinclair. I’m just fascinated by the fact that he thinks aging is a disease–and we can cure diseases! One of the things Dr. Sinclair believes is that as we age, our cells start to shut down and the lights in our body turn off. But you can turn those lights, those genes, back on. The information and recommendations in his book, Lifespan, are amazing.”

Dr. Sinclair also helped popularize intermittent fasting, which Jennifer also seems to support: 

“Yes, it’s great to be fit and look great—I believe in intermittent fasting because its benefits are backed by science—but it’s about your cells, your muscles, so we can grow old and thrive.” 

Being a Millionaire Probably Helps 

While countless studies have shown that diet and exercise slow the aging process by combating disease, and mounting scientific evidence has shown that sleep does the same, there is also evidence to suggest that income and social status are a factor. At least one study has shown that low socioeconomic status accelerates the aging process. In mice, low social rank contributes to accelerated aging.

Clearly, Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston don’t belong to the low socioeconomic status category. Both actors are loved by many and have millions of dollars in the bank. Not to mention that People magazine has once proclaimed that Paul Rudd is the sexiest man alive and Jennifer Aniston is the most beautiful woman alive. How’s that for status?