Anne Hathaway has been told her career will stop when she turns 35 – The Hollywood Reporter

American actress Anne Hathaway

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Anne Hathaway reflects on how when she was young she was told that she wouldn’t succeed until she reached a certain age.

In an interview with Porter Magazinethe actress spoke about her decades-long career and the biggest fashion moments of the past year, with fashion designer Erin Walsh.

“When I started[in the industry]as a child, I was warned that my career would collapse at 35, which is something I know a lot of women face,” Hathaway told the publication. “The thing that has evolved over (that time) is that more women have deeper careers in their lives, which I think is great.”

However, she acknowledged that there is still progress to be made.

“Obviously this doesn’t mean we should do a show business – someone said to me the other day: ‘There’s a lot to be proud of, there’s a lot to fix,'” she added.

Elsewhere in porterIn the cover story, Hathaway also looked back at her long list of films from earlier in her career that resonated with people when they came out and still do to this day. Popular movies like Brokeback Mountain And Interstellar For re-watchable coming-of-age films such as Princess Diaries And Satan wears a cloakHathaway has consolidated herself over several generations.

“It’s a nice feeling to know you’re part of someone’s life,” she said. “I can’t describe the honor of knowing that I’m involved in moments when people need comfort. It makes me so excited that my journey as an actor has connected with people. I love (when) projects have a life beyond their initial release.”

Last year, Hathaway starred opposite Jeremy Strong in the film Armageddon time And Jared Leto in We were shattered, among other projects. This year, the actress has two films hitting theaters almost back-to-back. She came to mewhich also starred Peter Dinklage and Maria Tomei, was released on October 6, while William Oldroyd’s Eileenwhich depicts a prison psychiatrist in the 1960s, will be released on December 8.

In January, at the world premiere of Oldroyd’s psychological thriller, the actress recalled that one of the first questions she was asked when she started acting was: “Are you a good girl or a bad girl?”

“I was 16, and my 16-year-old self wanted to respond with this film,” she said. Eileen. “Even though I didn’t know it when I read the script, I think part of me was hoping for this particular moment.”