It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once they reach 50. It happens in real life, too.

Quote by Candice Bergen

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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment...

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment...

Glamorized... am I glamorous?

Glamorized... am I glamorous?

I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and...

I couldn't hold it together today. George Clooney asked me if I was OK, and...

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set...

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set...

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to...

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought...

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans

But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.

But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when...

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when...

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless. But his...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...