Essie Davis Quotes

Just because people are older, they don't have the right to tell you what's right and wrong.

People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'

A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.

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

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

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged.

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

In Africa... age is not important over there. They don't care.

The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.

Because of the fact I look a lot younger than I really am, I think, I end up getting these girl-next-door roles. I mean, I'm not a Gemma Arterton type as far as I can tell.

I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age.

Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range.

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

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 don't think that youth should be glorified.

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.

There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me.

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

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

When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.

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

I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.

Every time a young driver comes into F1, the finger's pointed at him over his age. I don't think that's right.

I'm 28 years old. In my country, that's considered very young. It's almost like the youth don't matter to the up-and-ups.