Actor Quote by Sally Field

What I like about the '60s movies was that they were about women. They were telling women's stories. I think a lot of movies…

— Anna Biller

I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a…

— Romola Garai

I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it's interesting to have a drama…

— Rachael Stirling

I suddenly became aware over the last couple of years that I'm in my sixties. I never thought about it. I thought I'd better…

— Geoffrey Rush

We had a moment in the '40s and '50s, where female characters were very strong in film, where these incredible roles were written for…

— Monica Bellucci

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

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up…

— Susanna Hoffs

Ach, the way I act sometimes I could quite feasibly be a woman in my 60s or 70s.

— Liza Tarbuck

The outburst of sexual freedom in the '60s was bound to happen because the '50s were so oppressing. You had to live that way;…

— Christopher Lloyd

So much European cinema has open arms to stories carried by women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. And America is a little behind…

— Holly Hunter

Some films do portray women in their 40s well, and some other films don't. Some films are written by women, so maybe there's a…

— Julie Delpy

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal