The day Naomi Watts was told her career would be over after 40 years

Naomi Watts remembers with rage the day she was told her career would be over when she turned 40.

"I was told, 'You better do a lot [of movies] because it's all over at 40 when you become unfuckable.'

And I was like, like, “What?

What does that mean exactly?”

“, told Entertainment Weekly the actress revealed in 2001 by her role in

when she was 33 years old.

“Then you think about it and you're like, 'Oh, that's right.

When you are no longer able to give birth, when these organs no longer function, you are no longer sexy, therefore, therefore, you are not employable”.

It just drove me so crazy.

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Work to be done

Today, Naomi Watts' career is doing very well even though she celebrated her 54th birthday.

Currently starring in

, a Prime Video film, she will also soon be featured in the Netflix series

.

But for the actress, it is clear that the unequal treatment vis-à-vis aging between men and women remains a problem whether in Hollywood or in society in general.

“We hardly ever talk about an aging man.

We're not talking about his gray hair,” she remarked.

"In fact, if we do it, it's to say: 'Oh, he becomes more beautiful, more desirable, more powerful.'

And why is it powerful?

Because he has accumulated experiences.

Well, it should be the same for women.

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