Sir Ringo Starr still feels like he's 24
The former Beatles star turns 85 on July 7 - but Ringo insists he doesn't feel his age at all.
6 July 2025
Looking forward to his milestone birthday, Ringo told the New York Times newspaper: "It blows me away.
"I look in the mirror and I'm 24. I never got older than 24."
Ringo's passion for writing and recording music helps him to feel young.
He said: "I love what I'm doing.
"When I first started ... my mother would come to the gigs. She would always say, 'You know, son, I always feel you're at your happiest when you're playing your drums.' So she noticed. And I do."
Ringo also makes a conscious effort to live in the present, rather than dwelling on the past or focusing on the future.
He said: "I live in the now. I didn't plan any of it. I love that life I'm allowed to live."
Meanwhile, Ringo previously revealed that he's "excited" to watch Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles movies.
The 59-year-old filmmaker is currently making four separate films about each member of The Beatles, and Ringo is already looking forward to watching the movies.
Ringo - who starred in the legendary band alongside John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison - told People: "I'm excited that [Sam] has taken the madness of making four movies at the same time."
Ringo is curious to see how Sam approaches the project, and the different perspectives he explores.
The iconic star said: "My life as a lad, John's life, Paul's life, George's life, I mean, it must interact in some way.
"There'll be Beatles in mine around when I joined, and there'll be Beatles in Paul's. We'll all be there. So I'm excited to see what he does with it."
Sam first announced plans to make the Beatles movies in 2024.
The acclaimed filmmaker - who will direct all four movies - told Deadline at the time: "We went out to Los Angeles just before Christmas to pitch the project, and it's fair to say we were met with universal enthusiasm.
"The reason Sony stood out from competing offers was down to [Sony's Tom Rothman and Elizabeth Gabler's] passion for the idea, and commitment to propelling these films theatrically in an innovative and exciting way."
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