'I know how to take care of myself': Jennifer Aniston on being 45 and successful in Hollywood as she lends her voice to new Aveeno ad

At 45, Jennifer Aniston has continued to nab lead roles in youth-obsessed Hollywood -- something she credits to 'taking care' of herself.
The actress, whose narration stars in a new short film spotlighting Aveeno's skin-care ingredient, oat, says that women in their 40s are much healthier than they were 30 years ago.
'We know what to put in our bodies to fuel us that’s healthy and organic and not processed, and the importance of drinking water and cutting out sugars and bad fats,' she told WWD. 'Before, we just didn’t know that, and we didn’t have the technology with skin care that we have today.'

The actress, who narrates a new short film spotlighting the brand's skin-care ingredient, oat, says that today women are much healthier in their 40s

The Aveeno short, which launched today on YouTube, is one of a series of four videos called The Beauty of Nature, Active Naturals Oat for Your Skin that spotlights the
skin-care ingredient, oat.

'The mini movie is basically just informing the audience on what is behind Aveeno products and how they are made and where they come from and the detail that they pay [attention to in terms of] what goes into the products,' said Ms Aniston, who has been Johnson & Johnson-owned Aveeno's spokeswoman since last year.
She said it was 'an easy' job as she was able to wear 'no makeup, no hair'.

'I rolled up and learned some stuff about oats,' she said, adding: 'But it is interesting how you have to hit certain inflections and hit certain words. It is very specific. There is also a time issue where you have to speed up.'
Ms Aniston has several movies in the pipeline: Life of Crime that comes out in August and Horrible Bosses 2, which is scheduled for a November release, as well as Cake, an independent film which starts shooting in two weeks.
'[Cake] is about a woman dealing with the loss of her child and some serious pain management,' she explained.

Jennifer Aniston glowing on the arm of her boyfriend Justin Theroux at a cocktail reception for her new film Life of Crime which comes out in August

Ms Aniston aged 29 pictured in 1998 at the premiere of The Object of My Affection

'It is just rare when you find the [roles] that really speak to you, that you love. It’s nice to be able to go deep and challenge yourself.
'I did the Good Girl over ten years ago and Friends With Money, and it is just not often that those things come my way, so I’m excited to go into a different area of my well of life.'

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