Ageism Quotes

There is such ageism in our country. Just because you're over 40 doesn't mean you're still not hot or exciting or talented, or whatever. - Doris Roberts

There is some ageism in the market but a lot of ageism also exists [only] in the mind of the person. In a skills-short market there are a number of options for people of all ages who can demonstrate they have been able to keep learning. - Paul Stevenson

There are plenty of roles for older women. They just don't happen to be the roles that normally carry the picture. For older men, that's not so... [This movie] may change that, and I hope it does. But you know, it's merely a reflection of what society is ... Hollywood merely reflects the ageism in society. - Fionnula Flanagan

The neurosis of all this ageism is that Harrison Ford, Eastwood, Redford, Newman, etc., etc., have been playing heartthrobs until they need more filters than a pack of Camels. And their girlfriends are in their 20s. But being a Movie Star changes all the rules. - Dirk Benedict

Now that I've experienced ageism, I don't regard it as a bad thing. It's been a transition to something more exciting and maybe edgier. - Jane Seymour

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older. - Julie Walters

I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice. - Daniel Petrie

And the kids are going through their parents' record collections -- I say kids, but really it's everything from the age of 12 up to 20s -- and a lot of them are coming along, and they don't have the ageism thing that a lot of the press do. - Rick Wakeman

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously. - Alanis Morissette

Ageism is the form of prejudice experienced most commonly by people in the UK and that seems to be true pretty much across gender, ethnicity, religion, disability - people of all types experience ageism, and indeed people of all ages experience ageism. - Dominic Abrams