Accepting Quote by Greta Scacchi

Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range.

— David Schwimmer

There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

— Michelle Fairley

Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'

— Elaine Stritch

The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses,…

— Jewel Staite

Why do we insist women are cast 10 years younger than the role they're playing? Men don't know what a 30-year-old is supposed to…

— Carrie Coon

A lot of actresses say they are 24 when they are 34 but I find that ridiculous. I wish we didn't succumb to the…

— Dervla Kirwan

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

— Amy Irving

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to…

— Olivia Wilde

I've primarily worked with actors the same age as me for the past four years, so working with somebody who is 10 years younger…

— Joe Keery

Unlike me, a lot of child actors are very short, which is why they work. So when they're 15 they can play 11 or…

— Cynthia Nixon

It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.

— Rex Smith

If you're an actor, you tend to fool yourself into thinking you're much younger than you are because you're playing parts and behaving like…

— John Lithgow