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Despite Kim Cattrall being one of television’s most successful actresses after landing the role of a lifetime (“Samantha Jones” in Sex and the City), the actress has revealed that Hollywood is still ageist against older women.

Recently, she told BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire she will not take on stereotypical roles many older women play in movies and TV.

“I’m not ready to play someone who is grotesque,” she said. “Either from being thought of as a very, very older woman, at 60-61 this year, which I’m not, and I don’t feel that way. That’s why I don’t depend on Hollywood for jobs anymore. That’s why I became an executive producer… If I want to look a certain way then that’s for my satisfaction,” she explained. “I don’t do it because of my work, I do it because that makes me feel good.”

On her experience with ageism: “It starts in a little bit of a whisper,” she explained. “’Can she come in and have a meeting? We just want to see what she looks like. We want to see her skin, where she’s at.’”