Faye Dunaway Quotes

Some people think that I must be ancient because I've been in the business for so long, others still think of me as a waif and assume that I'm too young for certain roles. Starting out at such an early age seems to have worked against me.

I'm not a big fan of young people.

I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds.

I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.

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

I don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.

In the American office lexicon, 'aging' - and its close cousin 'old' - are inconsistent modifiers. While older women are often labeled as 'tired' and 'out of touch,' aging men get to be 'distinguished' and 'seasoned.'

People younger than me trust me. People my age do not. They think I'm up to something. And I've often felt this.

But I've lost parts because of my looks. I auditioned to star with Richard Dreyfuss in 'The Buddy System.' The producers said no one would believe he would leave me for another woman. They just couldn't see me with him.

Don't trust anyone over thirty.

People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.

Now that I've experienced ageism, I don't regard it as a bad thing. It's been a transition to something more exciting and maybe edgier.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. 'Oh, they're too old to make films or write books.'

Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses - I'm not one of those. I've been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I've turned down.

In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.

If there's age discrimination - and there may be - I've always felt that the person who discriminates is hurt more than the person being discriminated against, if the second person shucks it off and moves forward.

Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale.

What is the difference between an actress over 50 and an actress with a disability? Nothing. They both can't find work.

Ageism is something that does exist.

You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.