Age Prejudice Quotes

I'm 25, but I look like I'm 16 so I don't really don't consider age personally.

The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.

It's just something that I like, and I also don't buy into the ageism theory.

Where did we get the idea of insultin' folks by pointin' out their age? ... It seems that we think youth is some special accomplishment brought about by the individual himself!

There shouldn't be a stigma about age with footballers.

You know, the age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19? I'm up here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something, or I wouldn't have been nominated for Best New Artist. Sometimes it's like, "You're right. My mother wrote these songs."

There is, moreover, very little sense in preventing young people from giving expression to their ideas on the pretext that they have less experience than have older persons. There are many who may live a thousand years without encountering experience of any value. It could only be in a society of persons equally gifted that such an idea could have any meaning.

I was getting calls in 1970 from teenagers, little girls, and they'd say, 'Oh, I like your stories about so-and-so so much. How old are you? 20?' 'No. Older than that.' '30?' 'No. Older than that.' And they'd hang up.

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.

We've made so many advances in other areas - civil rights, gay rights - but ageism is still an area that's taboo and not talked about and dealt with.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!

In America, everyone's always hiding their age.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

This is where I break one last taboo: I'm incredibly glad I'm not a granny.

To say a player is past it at 29, 30 isn't right.

I know I look super young.

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

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

This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.

A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.

Because I'm quite small and young looking, anyway, I tend to play younger than I am.

I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label.

I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.

Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.