Author: Candice Bergen

Quotes

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.

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.

- Candice Bergen

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

- Candice Bergen

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

- Candice Bergen

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.

- Candice Bergen

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

- Candice Bergen

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.

- Candice Bergen

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

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

- Candice Bergen

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.

- Candice Bergen

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

- Candice Bergen

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