Chris Meledandri Quotes

I'm so glad that Hollywood and America are embracing women when they get in their 40s instead of putting us out to pasture.

As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem.

There are people out there who are older who are cool. I want that.

I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice.

The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.

I'm so sick of Betty White.

Don't accept or be crippled by the media hype that aging is bad or shameful.

It's not like I refuse to try roles other than being a strong female boss, but I am 54, and I'm happy I'm still being sought after and that I have a career that allows me a lot of creativity.

I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.

You could almost say I'm someone who doesn't practice age.

You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'

Women shouldn't have to apologise for their age or growing old. It is just inevitable.

I have had more magazine covers in the last 25 years than I have had in my whole elongated career. [...] Today I am in a territory that business considers unmarketable: age and white hair. Slowly, however, I started to own that territory little by little because I stood up for age.

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.

To be in a magazine when you're 20 is okay, but when you do it when you're 65, it's much more fun!

It sounds so weird, but I'm totally pro-aging. If you look at the film industry, it's so funny how it's so much more accepted that actors begin their prime in their forties or fifties, and for women, it's so different. I think it's time to change that. Aging is a beautiful thing.

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.

The white hot publicity that came from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' was appreciated but not sought, so I was happy to walk away from it and then write.

I know, normally folks on TV wouldn't readily admit their age, but since there's nothing you can do about it, you might as well own it and be happy.

It's really important that we don't hang up the membership to the human community at menopause.

I come from a generation which definitely treated anyone older and more successful with reverence. But it's much more democratic nowadays.

I do work with a lot of women in my company, and I write a lot of roles for women over 40. I think, in 'Feud' alone, we have 15 roles for women over 40, which I'm very proud about.

So much European cinema has open arms to stories carried by women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. And America is a little behind in that.