Charles Leclerc Quotes

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

If you're old and you lose, they say you're outmoded. If you're young and you lose, they say you're green. So don't lose.

At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other rules I'm not interested in.

There are companies around today who will not hire over age 40, will not train after age 50 and who don’t want you around after age 60.

Hollywood stops hiring their star leading ladies when they turn 40. It's very defeating.

In most of America, it seems you don't matter if you're not between 25 and 50.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?

I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.

When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder.

A lot of movies treat kids like idiots.

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

Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.

I hope that I will be able to work all of my life - even when I am older. It's easier to do that in Europe than in America, because in America it is difficult for older actresses to find work.

You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.

Ageism is something that does exist.

You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.

Some people think that I must be ancient because I've been in the business for so long, others still think of me as a waif and assume that I'm too young for certain roles. Starting out at such an early age seems to have worked against me.

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

What was weird, as a 12-year-old actor, was being expected to behave like an adult while still being treated as a kid everywhere else.

The Western man declares that in order to be beautiful, a woman must look 14 years old. If she dares to look 50, or worse, 60, she is beyond the pale. By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility.

When you are old enough to... play powerful parts, who cares if you are 45, 55 or 65?

Anyone who's had a finger pointed at them and been told they're pretty or attractive, there's a power that comes with that. But beauty for a woman becomes cumbersome because it's always being equated with youth.

I don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.

In the American office lexicon, 'aging' - and its close cousin 'old' - are inconsistent modifiers. While older women are often labeled as 'tired' and 'out of touch,' aging men get to be 'distinguished' and 'seasoned.'