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There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.

It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen.

I think that distributors and marketing companies realise that there are a huge number of women over 40 who want to go the cinema and see films about themselves. Women of my age don't want to be force-fed with stuff about 25-year-olds.

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

The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.

It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here in America, that's a huge step forward.

There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry.