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I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

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

But, you know, it really depends on the character. Age doesn't really matter.

I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

If you ask any of my close friends, they know I always complain that I never get to play my age.

I've always played way older than my age. It's the experience behind my eyes or something.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I have always played someone like 10 years younger. When I was 23 or 24, I was playing 15 opposite Evan Rachel Wood in a movie called 'Pretty Persuasion.' She was 16 and nobody in a million years would have thought I was that much older than her.

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.