Lara St. John Quotes

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 have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger.

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

In your 20s and 30s, everything is possible. But then, sooner than you think, men walk past you in the street and don't look twice at you unless you're wearing a fabulous outfit.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

It's true as a woman, particularly: the older you get, the parts get thinner on the ground and not quite as interesting, that's for sure.

When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.

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.

I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.

People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore.

I'm 40 next year and I'm very well aware that where I am now, it becomes a bit of a wilderness for actresses.

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.

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

Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around.

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

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

If you are heading for 60, people will flirt with you; if you are heading for 70, they won't.

Male actors have to lie about their ages, too.

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.

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

When you're the older guy, everybody talks about you. When you win, everybody talks about you. When you lose, everybody talks about you.

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

I know I don't fit in in L.A. because I look my age.