A Big Mirror To Exercise In Front

As I Saw My 60th Birthday Approaching, I Thought,what Did 60 Mean To Me? I Figured I'd Probably Live Until I'm About 90, Which Meant That I Was At The Beginning Of What I Call My Third Act. As An Actress, I Know How Important The Third Act Is. It Makes Sense Of The First And Second Acts. You Can Have First And Second Acts That Are Interesting, But You Don't Know What They Mean. Then A Good Third Act Pulls It All Together. And So I Knew That, Because I Sat By My Father's Side Over The Long Months When He Was Dying.

I See Many More Men Who Are Feminist, Or At Least Who Have Learned About Life In The Context Of Feminism.

In The Hyper-sensitised Reality Of The Region In Which Any Criticism Of Israel Is Swiftly And Often Unfairly Branded As Anti-semitic, It Can Become Counterproductive To Inflame Rather Than Explain And This Means To Hear The Narratives Of Both Sides, To Articulate The Suffering On Both Sides, Not Just The Palestinians.

When I Was In My 40s Was I Simply Produced My Own Movies Because No One Offered Me Anything. But Certainly After 50 It's Hard For A Woman, Which Is Why Television Is Such A Welcoming Thing.

I Was Shocked Into The Realization That I Myself Had Played An Unwitting Role As A Movie Star And Sex Symbol In Perpetrating The Stereotypes That Affected Women All Over The World.