Camera Quote by Joanna Page

Cameras love pretty girls and craggy, old character men more than they can take craggy, old character women. But that's what's always happened. Work…

— Joanna Lumley

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

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

— Michelle Fairley

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

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

There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

— Monica Bellucci

People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about…

— Melanie Griffith

I got older. The industry now-and it's been this way for a while- is largely about young people, sometimes very young people. Kids in…

— Alec Baldwin

The only reason I ever thought about retiring from the front part of the camera as opposed to the back is sometimes you think,…

— Clint Eastwood

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40.

— Sharon Stone

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

It's hard to get older as an actress. You see a lot of people, especially in L.A., chasing youth.

— Lori Loughlin