Cher Quotes

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

Women's lives get more interesting the older they get. For some reason, when you hit 35, it turns into a grey area filmically. There's not much more until you start playing grannies. I'm not ready for that. I'm just naffed off that, between 35 and 50, there aren't better things about.

I suppose because I do and can work in the theatre, I don't see work as closing down as an older woman.

There's some truth that roles for older women are harder to come by, but it's wrong for actors to monopolise the ageist thing.

I don't know if I want to be 65 or 67, still broadcasting games. But, why not? What else are you going to do?

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

When you're a woman in your 40s, it's not the best time to do films, because there really aren't that many roles. Then you reach 50 and there are more roles again. Mother parts.

Because my career has been based so much on my looks, when I finally pass my 'sell-by' date, I think I'll probably pack it in. Unless I make the changeover into playing witches or something, I don't see what career I can have.

Eventually I lost the idea that I could have a career. I thought I was too old.

I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

There are consequences with age, so you have to evolve. I've loved becoming a filmmaker. But I would love to continue modeling, and there isn't really any job for me. It's being marginalized - that's the sad part.

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

In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream.

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

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

Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the roles cannot be that rich. You can only have Angelina Jolie in a mental hospital so many times.

I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there are ups and downs.

There's a lot of reasons I had to move on. Family's definitely a big part of it. And the longevity of my career - I played for 15 years, and I was just tired of the whole international scene. It's quite busy. Very stressful.

I feel fit and well - I know that I have to look after my health, but turning 30 is no reason to start considering the end of my career.

When you get older you do one film at a time.

We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job.

When you do a film with somebody who's my age - which is always the role of a mother or a grandmother - despite of well-defined characters, you don't get to play a very large part as the main leads get prominence.