Actress Quote by Jewel Staite

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

There's a lot of criticism on how an actress is aging. Why do we do that with women? I work with a lot of…

— Jessica Chastain

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.

— Sarah Lancashire

Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

— Ti West

Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.

— Juliette Binoche

There's talk of the lack of roles for older women. It's so tough and it's soul-destroying what some female actors do to their faces…

— Lara Pulver

Though Maggie Smith and Judi Dench have done all right, there's not a lot of drama work out there for older actresses. And you…

— Maureen Lipman

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

— Annette Bening

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

— Amy Irving

When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding…

— Samantha Bond