There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.
From Juliet Stevenson
Everything contains its antithesis.
It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.
I never have time to myself; it's the one thing about my life I would probably hope to change.
If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.
I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.
I'm hardly Hollywood material - they're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.
I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.
I sometimes think that theatre is a torture.
I wouldn't even begin to presume that the talent of an able actor is anything like the talents of a prodigious musician.
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