Sir David Jason reckons Sir Cliff Richard has been time-travelling like movie character Marty McFly from Back to the Future.
The Only Fools and Horses star admitted he is jealous of of the singer looking more youthful than him when they are both the same age – 84.
Sir David said: “Despite so many signals to the contrary, I don’t seem to be getting any younger.
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“The clock ticks on, time makes its ravenous and not entirely welcome advances, and, so far as I can make out, not one of us has found a way to prevent it from doing so, with the sole exception of Cliff Richard.
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“How does he do it? Cliff and I share a birth year, but I found myself quite close to him at a royal event not long ago, as you do, and I felt like I was being whisked off in the DeLorean from Back to the Future.
“The years seemed to be falling away from Cliff before my eyes. It was extremely impressive, and not a little envy-inducing.”
In his new book This Time Next Year, the actor – famous as Del Boy in Only Fools – said he feels like he is still in his forties.
He added: “Of course, I am aware of the theory that age is just a number – that you are only as old as you feel, etc.
“I am equally aware how, in my own case, your age can seem completely unreal to you – something you don’t really even believe.
“After a while, you start thinking, ‘How could I possibly be this old? When did this happen? Where have these high numbers suddenly come from? And why have I been sent somebody else’s birthday cards?’
“I know what the reality is, obviously, but very often it seems to bear no relation to the way I think of myself at all.
“I’m still somewhere in my early forties, if you were to ask me to put a figure on it – or certainly as long as I stay away from mirrors.
“Naturally, then, I make a very determined effort to stay away from mirrors.
“So, yes, to a degree I suppose age is indeed just a number – an attitude, a frame of mind.”
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