I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work; she just didn't sell mine.
In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.
My mom was an actress, so I got with her boutique agency back in 2001 and started booking a few commercials. She's like my co-manager.
I can't help thinking if she - the director of a government agency - is this ignorant about what funding is available and where the money comes from - how often lower-level bureaucrats must give wrong answers when people are looking for help to start a business.
Even my agents say, We don't know what this business is anymore.
In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses, and I don't think that's true anymore.
It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.
The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older.
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'