Liv Ullmann Quotes

I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.

I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished.'

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.'

Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.

Age for me is just a number.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.

What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.

I've always looked old for my age.

I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'

For guys, growing older is fine. Gray hair and wrinkles aren't considered a bad thing.

A woman should be pink and cuddly for a man.

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.

The word 'excess' has no meaning for a male.

There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.