In Hollywood, where youth is valued above all else, it’s not uncommon for celebrities to turn to surgery and other cosmetic procedures to maintain their youthful appearance.

However, some stars have chosen to reject the ageism that exists in the industry and have been vocal about their decision to age gracefully.

Here are 13 celebrities who have spoken out against cosmetic surgery and why they swear they’ll never go under the knife.

Emma Thompson, now 63, is a self-described “card-carrying, kind of militant feminist about women’s bodies” who doesn’t understand why someone would want to alter their appearance with cosmetic surgery.

In a 2022 interview with The Wrap, she stated “I do honestly think the cutting of yourself off to put it in another place in order to avoid appearing to do what you’re actually doing, which is aging, which is completely natural, is a form of collective psychosis. I really do think it’s a very strange thing to do.”

Meryl Streep, 72, is a Hollywood legend who has achieved 21 Oscar nominations and 3 wins without fundamentally changing the way she looks.

In an interview with Good Housekeeping in 2008, she stated “I just don’t get it. You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you’ve lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.”

Drew Barrymore, 47, has never considered cosmetic surgery and in a 2021 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, she stated “I’ve never done anything to my face, and I would like to try not to.”

“I think because I’m so rebellious that I saw all of that pressure and I saw all of those women torturing themselves to look a certain way and I thought, ‘You miserable people.’ I just never wanted to be afraid of what life would do to me.”

Salma Hayek, 55, has dealt with plastic surgery rumors and once considered getting fillers, but she chickened out at the last minute due to her fear of needles.

In a March 2019 interview with Town & Country, she confirmed that she hasn’t “done an-y-thing” to surgically change the way she looks.

Kevin Costner, 67, has resisted the pressure to look young in Hollywood and in a 2003 interview with USA Today, he stated “In this life you never say never but I never felt the need for plastic surgery.”

“People have certain feelings and mine don’t run in how I look. I have my own demons, but they’re not that.”

Halle Berry, 55, admitted to Yahoo! Beauty in 2015 that the thought of having a cosmetic procedure did “cross [her] mind,” but she prefers to embrace the idea that “aging is natural.”

She said “I just want to always look like myself, even if that’s an older version of myself. I think when you do too much of that cosmetic stuff, you become somebody else in a way.”

Kristen Stewart, 32, is one of the youngest celebrities on this list, but she’s already spoken out against the pressure to conform to Hollywood’s beauty standards.

In a 2017 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she stated “I’m just really truly not that interested in all that stuff. It’s just not something that I relate to.”

“I think people who do that stuff are awesome, and they look great, but it’s just not my thing.”

Kate Winslet, 45, has been open about her decision to age naturally, telling Harper’s Bazaar in 2011 “I don’t want to be airbrushed or Photoshopped. I want them to see my wrinkles, my freckles, my bits.”

Gwen Stefani, 51, has also been vocal about her decision to age gracefully, telling InStyle in 2017 “I think that if you’re lucky enough to age, you should be proud of it.”

Julia Roberts, 55, has also been open about her decision to age naturally, telling Harper’s Bazaar in 2018 “I think we’re all pretty comfortable with ourselves and the way we look. It’s just not something that’s on my radar.”

Cameron Diaz, 48, has also spoken out against the pressure to conform to Hollywood’s beauty standards, telling Harper’s Bazaar in 2013 “I think that we’re all getting a little older and I think that’s a good thing.”

Lena Dunham, 37, has been vocal about her decision to age naturally, telling Harper’s Bazaar in 2017 “I’m not going to starve myself to look like a supermodel.”