Joanna Lumley Quotes

Ageism is something that does exist.

So many people put older women out to pasture.

Hollywood is not good when it comes to age.

Race and gender definitely came up, occasionally, in my life at work. But the bigger challenge that I had was age. I took roles earlier in my career than people expected, and so a lot of what I got was, 'Do you actually know enough to do this?'

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

Women are usually only interesting to studio executives when they are fecund, between the ages of 15 and 30. I decided to get through the really tough patch, around 50, by just cutting my price and playing ten years older. I didn't want to have to wait until I was an old lady to play one.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter; they're considered crazy people or something.

Women become invisible as they age; men become impotent.

Too old at 72? Careful. Ageism is out. We'll have the law on you!

People are marked down for their age - once you get past 30, people look at you a bit funny. When you get to 35, the questions are all, 'When are you going to stop?' Calm down!

Any woman will tell you after the menopause, nobody whistle at her, well - that's just the beginning. As you get older people don't want you at their parties, we all are prejudiced about old people.

People think you're 30 and think you're old. I hate that.

Because of my grey hair and glasses, people think I'm Phil Donahue.

You grow weary of being treated as the enemy simply because you are not young anymore; because you dress unexceptionally.

I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a middle-aged human - I felt very awkward about it.

I've always felt like an outcast. My aesthetic is very high-end, but I still get classified as streetwear. There's really no other reason for than other than my age, the way I look, and where I'm from.

Cameron called me a dinosaur you know? Well I'm the only dinosaur who can ride a bike 12 miles a day.

Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

I don't want to be the oldest anything in America. Sorry about that.

Generational thinking has always been reductive and condescending.

I don't give a damn what anybody says. I don't think at 70 and 75 that you can be as productive and efficient as you were when you were 40 or 50.

I have been around for 33 years and I don't have a filmy background. I don't know if I am an insider or an outsider but I have never felt any discrimination.

If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors.