Peter Riegert Quotes

Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.

There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.

It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater.

I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.

The great thing about getting older and doing TV and theatre is that the roles get more interesting, and you're not cast because, 'Oh, she's always looked extraordinary.'

Because my career has been based so much on my looks, when I finally pass my 'sell-by' date, I think I'll probably pack it in. Unless I make the changeover into playing witches or something, I don't see what career I can have.

Three years is a lifetime in Hollywood. If your career starts slipping in L.A., you can really feel it. All of a sudden, the people that you were beating for a part start beating you.

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.

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

There are so many good roles for women out there, I don't understand it when people say the role choices are fewer as you get older. I find the opposite to be true - there are less good roles out there for the hot 20-year-olds because the normal girl parts just aren't interesting.

I'm in a 'I can do whatever' phase. I'm taking this '106 & Park' opportunity into full force. I'm really focused on doing my best with it. This is my 'Fresh Prince' moment. I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest of film, TV, and more.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

If someone is going to give me a job looking younger than I am, I'm not going to turn it down. There are worst problems to have.

I think actors worry too much about age. They should just get out there and make sure they're up for whatever jobs come along.

I've never had to deal with ageism - so far - in my career; I have been able to navigate my career and getting older and the roles and opportunities that have come to me.

There's some truth that roles for older women are harder to come by, but it's wrong for actors to monopolise the ageist thing.

Every new director you work with, brings in something new and has perhaps cast you because your last work was good.

I still have to hustle to get jobs, audition and put myself out there.

The kind of films and roles I do were never in competition with any star kid. Their aspirations are completely different.

I thought my first few jobs would just be off, off, off, off, off broadway. And by chance and how the world works, I ended up on a TV show instead.

I think when an actress is good, roles in mid-forties is a great thing.

The bigger the movies you're in, the chances are better at getting more diverse roles.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.