“I’d rather be dead than sing ‘Satisfaction’ when I’m forty-five” Mick Jagger, then 32, now 74, once said. He, like the many music fans who haven’t batted an eye for 2018 albums from Eminem, 50 Cent, and Judas Priest -- all who held an absolutely central position in the cultural zeitgeist at one point or another -- recognized that music is a young man’s game. It’s the language of passion, sex, and rage or sticking it to the man. As our favorite musicians age, whether they continue to release music at consistent quality (Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Red Hot Chili Peppers) or not (Bruce Springsteen, Jack White, Green Day), they lose their natural associations with these elements and we lose interest in them.

The phenomenon holds fast for the entertainment industry in general. "Mission Impossible 5" can’t have a plot all that dissimilar to "Mission Impossible 2", yet box office grosses for the franchise have gone nowhere but down since 1996’s original. Could it be that Tom Cruise the 55-year old hunk makes a few less magazine cover and wall poster appearances than did Tom Cruise the 33-year old hunk? Will Ferrell, now 50, has actually fared decently at theaters over the years; but I certainly haven’t seem as many Halloween costumes from "Get Hard", "The House", or "Daddy's Home" as I did in the Anchorman and Ricky Bobby days. Maybe I’m the one getting old. To be fair, I haven’t been trick-or-treating in a while.

Now if you are a young, beautiful, and beloved celebrity reading this, don’t worry yet! There are a number of stars who have navigated mortality’s storm skillfully enough to not have it sink their careers. Careful identity adaptation, increased genuinity, and artful subtlety seem to be key. What worked for these five could work for you, Timothée Chalamet.

1. Quincy Jones

In the late 50’s and the 60’s Quincy Jones was a road warrior of the jazz scene, playing with everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Miles Davis and eventually earning respect enough to be tapped for projects like the "Roots" soundtrack. By the 80s though, jazz music was something your grandfather listened to; for the kids there was an endless cassette reel of dreadful hair metal and workout pop. It was a historically shitty music era, and Quincy Jones wasn’t alright with that. He put his own instruments aside in order to take a more active lead role and reinvented himself as a production mogul, shepherding child star Michael Jackson into a few record-breaking projects now known as "Thriller" and "Bad". To this day, we hail the King of Pop. Just don’t forget his first court counsel, who was a prince of jazz himself.

2. Bill Murray

Screwball comedy dominance (SNL, "Caddyshack", "Stripes", "Ghostbusters") is not sustainable as antics are inherently identified with sophmorism. Right as Bill Murray approached that cutoff point there were filmmakers at the ready with ideas for harvesting his brilliant charm. Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Harold Ramis, Tim Burton, and even whoever made "Space Jam" provided Murray with refreshed roles which fomented melancholy and deadpan in the place of slacker smirkiness. Today, he has reached near-legend status. We may very well see a third act.

3. Johnny Cash

"American IV: The Man Comes Around" was Johnny Cash’s 87th studio album. Still, un-ausgespielt, Cash had the artistic wit and cultural sensibility to cover Nine Inch Nails, a group whose debut album had come out three decades after his. A far less sad and obvious demonstration of not having lost touch than, say, Paul McCartney’s Rihanna/Kanye West collaboration, Cash’s track brought deserved attention to the high-level music he was still releasing in his high-60s.

4. Sally Field

This past year, Timothée Chalamet became the third-youngest Oscar Best Actor nominee in history at 22. In the female category he would have barely cracked the top 10, falling below Jennifer Lawrence, Keira Knightley, Ellen Page, and Saoirse Ronan -- all who, while undoubtedly pleased with their success, realize that Hollywood celebrates women for their beauty as much as for their talent, and that this will require them to contest with age in a way Chalamet will never have to. Also nominated in 2018 was Sally Field as the aforementioned Ronan’s mother in "Lady Bird". A traditional Hollywood dame in 70s flicks like “Smokey and the Bandit” and a Poseidon sequel, Field has pivoted strategically and honed her talent over the years to the extent that it looks like her best days could still be ahead of her. She’s a master of the strong women role -- mother, first lady, matriarch -- and has two Oscars to show for it.

5. Andre 3000

There may not be a discipline more exemplifying of this article’s thesis than rap. Perennially wild & reckless, violent & rebellious, it is the dominant genre of American youth today. No youth at 42, Outkast’s Andre 3000 has masterfully avoided both growing into some sort of corny television celebrity (Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube) and not growing up at all (2Pac, Eazy-E). Selective with his talent and image almost to a fault (he has never released a solo album to the chagrin of many rap fans), Andre 3000’s current form is that of philosopher king; his occasional feature on Frank Ocean or Future like a rare consultation from a wise oracle.