When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.
There are some fantastic parts for older actors.
The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp around a bit in them.
You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.
But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s just seem to be a confused decade. Nobody knows, really, what's going on.
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.
It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'