There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm 40 next year and I'm very well aware that where I am now, it becomes a bit of a wilderness for actresses.
Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.
When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts.
As an actress I take roles I find interesting.
Women over 35 have great stories, and the actresses are there, but you can't get the movies made.
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?
There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.
I'm looking forward to playing the meatier roles you get in your 30s. The early 20s can be a hard time for an actress - it's always bombshell or romantic lead. The good stuff you can really sink your teeth into comes later.
There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.