It's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no...

Benjamin Button: [Voice over; letter to his daughter] For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

- Now, you're a seaman. - A sailor. I hope you won't think me impolite, but I have to ask, aren't you a little old to be working on a boat? There's no age limit, as long as you can do the work. And you have trouble sleeping? Thank you. I didn't think I did. I usually sleep like a baby. Something's been keeping me up. My father, in his 80s, he was so convinced he was gonna die in his sleep, he limited himself to having afternoon naps. He was so determined he was gonna cheat death. - Did he? - Did he what? Die in his sleep? He died sitting in his favorite chair listening to his favorite program on the wireless. He must have known something. My husband's the British Trade Minister, and we've been here for 14 months. - Good God. - We were supposed to go to Peking but it never seemed to work out. Have you been in the Far East? No. I've never been anywhere, really. I mean, outside of harbors. And where is it that you're from? New Orleans. Louisiana. I didn't know there was another. And she told me about all the places she had been, and what she had seen. And we talked till just before the dawn. I'm just a lush, myself. And we went back to our rooms, to our separate lives.