Author: Candice Bergen

Quotes

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.

- 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

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

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.

- 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

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

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

I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.

I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.

- Candice Bergen

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

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