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I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

I want to do amazing roles fit for my age in 30 years. I'm sure I'll be less popular and have less offers then, but I think I'll be able to do act well for my age at the time.

Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves.

I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career.

I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.

The choice of roles as I grow older gets more and more limited, so if I pin myself to one kind of part I would get in trouble. So, these oddball ladies came along for me to do - I guess Terry Gilliam helped in this respect. I have found them more interesting, flashier and I get more mileage out of them.

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

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

I've played a lot of younger, more coming-of-age roles as well as roles that aren't such an imposing physical presence.

I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.