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I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger.

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know.

It's absurd: half the movie audience are women, but Hollywood bosses are still aiming for men who are 20.

People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about a woman who's forty-five who's falling in love or getting divorced? Why does the leading role always have to be a woman who's twenty-three or twenty-eight?

I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves. Women of my age don't want to be force-fed with stuff about 25-year-olds.

It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here in America, that's a huge step forward.

There's a terrible truth for many women in the picture business: Aging typically takes its toll and means fewer and less desirable roles.

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, Aren't we kind of the same age?

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.