William Devane Quotes

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress.

There aren't a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite.

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

Women over 35 have great stories, and the actresses are there, but you can't get the movies made.

It's difficult for a young girl like me. Because there's a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of course, there's always work for men whatever age they are.

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II.

I was scouted at the age of 10 by a Hollywood agent. I was a really shy, geeky-looking thing, and started in the industry by doing 'extra' work on films.

I don't want to be 45 competing with 20-year-olds, running to go get Botox. I want to be an expressive actor hired for the age that I am, portraying women who are my age: 40. I'm just hoping I can find some of those roles to play. Otherwise, I have to find something else.

There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

I never wanted to be a bombshell; I wanted to be an actor. I would much prefer to be a woman than a man, but if I was a dude, maybe I'd have Johnny Depp's island because women in this industry after a certain age definitely don't get to do 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'

I'm not a leading man; I don't think I've got the face of a leading man, and I don't think, ever in my life, someone will cast me in the role of a leading man.

We always thought that we'd go on from the show to have a career in movies.

It seems like a really fun way to make a living, but I'm truly terrible at acting.

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

Hollywood has never been a goal, necessarily - there was no 'Conquer America' game plan for me.

It's hard to get older as an actress. You see a lot of people, especially in L.A., chasing youth.

Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.

The reason why a filmmaker will invest in a male actor is because he will be able to sustain footfalls in the theatre till he turns 50.

Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.

Hindi film heroes never age but Hindi film heroines age fast.

I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses.

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.