Albert Finney Quotes

But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.

I'm not one of those actors who lies about their age.

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.

I played teen roles until high definition came out, and I could never understand it. I would go in for adult roles and be older than many of the people auditioning, but they'd cast the girl without a line on her face.

But, having said that, believe me, as you get older, the parts dry up. They get less and less.

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

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

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

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.

I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.

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 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.

The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses, and I don't think that's true anymore.

When you get older, unless you're a huge star, the parts become less and the competition becomes greater. Because the guys left standing are the best.

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 think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

I've been acting since I was 10. At age 14, 15 and 16, it's difficult to find roles and to find yourself, even, and when everyone's eyes are on you, it's difficult.

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I'm not smart enough to be in the movies. It's a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I'm a much better actor, but that doesn't matter.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.

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.

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