Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.
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.
When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.
People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
I think actors worry too much about age. They should just get out there and make sure they're up for whatever jobs come along.
Unlike me, a lot of child actors are very short, which is why they work. So when they're 15 they can play 11 or when they're 18 they can play 14. They look young for so long, they have abilities a much younger kid wouldn't have.
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.
Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'
In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.