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Helena Bonham Carter ageism attack
Oct 4, 2006, 13:23 GMT
Jury member British actress Helena Bonham Carter arrives at the Palais des Festivals for the closing ceremony of the 59th Cannes Film Festival, Sunday 28 May 2006 in Cannes. EPA/DANIEL DEME
Helena Bonham Carter has hit out at the rampant ageism in Hollywood.
The 'Fight Club' star - who turned 40 this year - claims Tinseltown has an unhealthy obsession with youth and unfairly pressurises older actresses to look younger to land roles.
She fumed to Easy Living magazine: "It's ridiculous. We're all going to age and we have to start learning to accept it.
"I recently made a film called 'Conversations With Other Women' and loved my character. She was a genuinely three-dimensional woman who was allowed to be in her late 30s, which is so refreshing in a world where everyone consistently tries to be younger. We aren't all 20 so why should we play parts where we're trying to look it? There are actual 20-year-olds to do that."
Helena - who is the long-term partner of director Tim Burton - admits she was dreading turning 40, but insists hitting the landmark age was not as "dramatic" as she had feared.
She added: "When I hit 40 I thought it was going to be a dramatic turning point but on the day I realised that the world hadn't exploded.
"I prefer being 40 to 20 - I think most women do. You are far more comfortable in your skin than you were at 20."
(C) BANG Media International
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