Thomas Jane Quotes

Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young.

Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.

I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.

Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.

I don't feel that 40 is anything these days. Our life expectancy is so much greater that maybe 50 is the new 40.

When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and that you should mentally grab a cane, a box of Depends, Geritol, listen to the oldies, and not eat spicy food after 9 o'clock.

I've become 40, my audience is partly the same age.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

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

Generally, older people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies are running most countries and are CEOs of corporations. Which isn't to say there aren't entrepreneurs, but if the young were better in every respect, there'd be no reason for the old. Our life span reflects our particular life strategy.

By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.

Fifty is the new forty. I always thought my best work would come in the years forty to sixty, if I was fortunate enough to hang around - and it is hard to stick around.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

I work in an industry where most people are way below 50.

I want the young guys to say, 'How old is this guy that's blocking me every play?'

Some feel old at 45.

I make no bones about the fact that I'm over 40.

There's nothing good about being my age.

A lot of young people think it all comes to a screeching halt once you're 32. But it really doesn't.

Le Pen is old; I'm young.

I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because men gain power as they get older. Women lose power as they get older. Men are seen as gaining experience and being distinguished. Sons look forward to replacing their fathers.

I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness.