Susan Sarandon: 'Botox frightens me'

Susan Sarandon has revealed that she is scared of the effects of Botox.

The 61-year-old said the anti-wrinkle-treatment can make celebrities look like they are wearing a mask.

She told People: "You can see I haven't had Botox or these lines wouldn't be here, but when you do that it becomes very mask-like and that frightens me. I have an advantage if I'm the only one that actually looks 60, then I'll get all those parts because there won't be any actresses that look 60 around."

Sarandon, who is currently starring in new action movie Speed Racer, said she prefers to focus on maintaining her health rather than fighting a losing battle against aging.

She commented: "Some people have surgery and look fine and some people don't look anything like they used to. I've thought about it a lot of times, but I hope by the time you're 30 you shift your focus from worrying about how you look to worrying about what kind of person you are.

"Essentially you're going to lose the battle of what you look like. To keep fit I do weight training and cardio and I run. New York is like London, you're on foot a lot."