Love & Passion Quote by John Forsythe

There is a sly, champagne-dry modesty in John Forsythe calling it "rather amusing". The phrase does double duty: it downplays vanity while quietly admitting he knows exactly what’s being said about him. Forsythe’s persona was never the sweaty pin-up type; it was polished, reassuring, expensive-looking. So the humor lands because it treats “sex symbol” not as a birthright but as a late, slightly absurd promotion.

“At my advanced age” is the real pivot. Forsythe is poking at a culture that markets desire as a youth-only product while admitting he’s benefiting from the exception. The line flatters him without sounding like he’s asking to be flattered. It also gives his audience permission to want him without guilt, as if he’s winking: yes, it’s ridiculous, but go ahead.

The context is crucial: Forsythe’s late-career visibility (especially in slick, upscale TV like Dynasty and the voice-of-authority aura of Charlie’s Angels) reframed him as a symbol of controlled power rather than raw sexuality. That’s the subtext of the “amusing” part: he’s not pretending he suddenly got younger; he’s acknowledging that attraction can attach to status, charisma, and competence - things that actually sharpen with age.

It’s a gracious joke with teeth. He’s laughing at the label while exposing how elastic the label is, and how much “sex symbol” really means “public fantasy that fits the moment.”