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I think older women still have a full life.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

In Europe, we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

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

I know this is economic jargon, but essentially, if you bring more women to the job market, you create value, it makes economic sense, and growth is improved. There are countries where it's almost a no-brainer: Korea, Japan, soon to be China, certainly Germany, Italy. Why? Because they have an aging population.

Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.

Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

I'm really a strong advocate of ageing because the messages that the media and advertising give to women infuriate me: ie that it's a bad thing to get old.

Market research shows that older women like seeing older women in ads, and that younger women do, too - because they see them and are not frightened of growing older.