We Exist and We Matter

I love that the latest Bond Girl is going to be Monica Bellucci. I'm so over seeing old men with young women. It's like, what eleven year old girl is Clint Eastwood marrying now? And what's with the powers-that-be saying that no one is interested in seeing a film that features women over forty? It's just preposterous. No one declines seeing a film based on the age of the characters. People want quality. They want a great story, fine acting, believable characters, and to be taken out of their everyday life and transported to someplace else. It is that simple.

Here is a list of actresses over forty who I think are pretty damn fabulous. I long to see more of them in the years to come.

Susan Sarandon
Julianne Moore
Edie Falco
Judi Dench
Bonnie Hunt
Vanessa Redgrave
Ellen Burstyn
Teri Hatcher
Paget Brewster
Sophie Thompson
Stockard Channing
Talia Balsam
Blythe Danner
Isabella Rossellini
Ann Jillian
Molly Shannon
Fairuza Balk
Marsha Mason
Bess Armstrong
Tamsin Greig
Salma Hayek
Geneviève Bujold
Mo Collins
Stefanie Powers
Parker Posey
Joanna Cassidy
Gena Rowlands
Sarah Lancashire
Meredith Baxter
Pam Grier
Maggie Smith
Kathleen Turner
Cate Blanchett
Melinda Clarke
Julie Andrews
Tilda Swinton
Diane Lane
Marisa Tomei
Angela Bassett 
Els Dottermans
Holland Taylor
Anjelica Huston
Diane Ladd
Rita Moreno
Kim Cattrall
Meryl Streep
Viola Davis
Mary Pat Gleason
Jane Fonda
Holly Hunter
Miranda Hart
Elizabeth Mitchell
Barbara Sarafian
Elisabeth Shue
Fran Drescher
Mariska Hargitay
Jennifer Aniston
Melissa Leo
Frances McDormand
Michelle Yeoh
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Ann Dowd
Olympia Dukakis
Catherine Keener
Jessica Lange
Helen Mirren
Melissa McBride
Jennifer Grey
Glenn Close
Cybill Shepherd
Judith Light
Melanie Griffith
Juliette Binoche
Kristin Scott Thomas
Lynn Cohen
Uma Thurman
Sinéad Cusack
Jamie Lee Curtis
Barbra Streisand
Kathy Bates
Emily Watson
Sigourney Weaver
Patricia Arquette
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Shirley MacLaine
Celia Imrie
Toni Collette
Penélope Cruz
Sissy Spacek
Tina Fey
JoBeth Williams
Carol Burnett
Alexandra Billings
Diane Keaton
Julia Ormond
Sally Field
Beth Grant
Marlee Matlin
Aishwarya Rai
Bonnie Bedelia
Leslie Mann
Ally Sheedy
Swoosie Kurtz
Katey Segal
Mary McDonnell
Taraji Henson
Marcia Cross
Rachel Griffiths
Charlotte Rampling
Emmanuelle Devos
Betty White
Juliette Lewis
Laura Dern
Sherilyn Fenn
Emma Thompson
Patricia Clarkson
Rosalind Chao
Mary Kay Place
Emily Mortimer
Vanessa Williams
Joanna Lumley
Jennifer Saunders
Mercedes Ruehl
Valerie Harper