Time & Perspective Quote by Faye Dunaway

Vanity, here, gets recast as upkeep: Dunaway talks about her teeth the way a harried producer talks about a delayed reshoot - you let it slide, until you can’t. The phrasing "you just sort of let them go" softens the admission with that airy, conversational shrug celebrities deploy when they’re confessing something that’s both personal and utterly strategic. It’s not self-deprecation so much as self-management, packaged as relatability.

The pivot to "I'm glad. It's going to be good" is pure show-business optimism, the kind that treats the body as an ongoing project with a guaranteed opening night. But the most revealing line is the name-drop: "Tom Cruise has braces now, too". Dunaway doesn’t invoke a dentist or a health reason; she invokes a co-star in the larger production called Fame. The subtext is clear: in Hollywood, even corrective hardware can be rebranded as a trend if you attach it to the right A-list face.

"I'm right in style" lands like a small, knowing joke - not because braces are stylish, but because celebrity culture can declare almost anything fashionable as long as the narrative is controlled. Dunaway is signaling that she understands the rules: aging is permitted, maintenance is required, and embarrassment is optional if you can frame it as chic. It’s an actress performing ease while acknowledging the industry’s quiet coercion: your image is your instrument, and the instrument must be tuned.