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There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore.

There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.

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.

I figured most of the best actors around 20 years old would all be at drama school, where they're tied up and contractually can't work, so I saw there must be a gap in the market for a young actor like me.

Being an actor does make you aware of your age.

You feel an affinity with younger actors, because, you know, it's a very insecure job. And it can be a long time before you feel like, you know, things might be all right.

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people.

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.