Hollywood may be tough on women over 40, but according to Julia Roberts, it’s even worse for young stars. The 44-year-old said she feels sorry for today’s up and coming actors – because they either rocket to fame or head straight to rehab.
Miss Roberts believes young performers no longer get the chance to take ‘gradual steps’ to develop their craft.
The actress, who was 22 when she made her name in 1990 film Pretty Woman, said: ‘The business is so different. You can never be that new girl that has that moment of “Where’d she come from?”
'There’s the express elevator and there’s rehab. It’s so awful. Nobody gets a fair trial-and-error period that everybody deserves and everybody needs’.
She added that there had been ‘a time when I was encouraged, as all young actresses are, you know. You’ve got to keep going, you’ve got to get out there. It’s too bad that young actors coming up now will never get that kind of experience.’According to the Vanity Fair magazine, Miss Roberts said that these days, her three children with husband Daniel Moder give her ‘perspective’ on her career – because they don’t realise she’s famous.
But the mother-of-three confessed to the magazine that she is worried about raising seven-year-old twins Hazel and Finn and four-year-old Henry in the spotlight.
- Daily Mail