Janet McTeer Quotes

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.

I don't want to be the oldest anything in America. Sorry about that.

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

When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes. It's like when you're 16 and order a martini, and the waiter says, 'Do you think I'm stupid?'. They can't grasp that I'm old enough to be married.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

I want to play women my own age, rather than artificially 'de-age' myself so that I can play women who are younger or much younger than I am. I want to grow into those kind of more mature parts, not try and keep them at bay for as long as I possibly can.

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

I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

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

Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

There are companies around today who will not hire over age 40, will not train after age 50 and who don’t want you around after age 60.

I think women are taught in the music industry that once you're 35, you've expired, and I'm here to prove that factually incorrect.

If you're good enough, you're old enough: that's what everyone says. When a talented young player emerges, his age doesn't matter; people want to see him in the team. So why, when you become older, is the assumption that you are no longer good enough?

I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited.

I know I don't fit in in L.A. because I look my age.

Hollywood is not good when it comes to age.

You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress.

When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.

If you're old and you lose, they say you're outmoded. If you're young and you lose, they say you're green. So don't lose.

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

If you're a lead actor, people are just waiting to say 'you're too old' or 'you're too unhip.' If you're a supporting actor, you can just work forever.

If someone says to you, 'Go to an old-folks' home,' that's kind of ridiculous, because a lot of old people are doing terrific things for society.

When I started in the business years ago, people would always say, 'You better get as much work as you can now, because once you get over 40, it's over.'

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.