The 'Les Miserables' star finds it 'fantastic' and is 'proud' that women's careers last longer these days, but still believes there is a lot to 'fix' within the industry.
- Nov 14, 2023
AceShowbiz - Anne Hathaway has always been "really upfront" about her career ambitions. The 41-year-old actress shot to fame when she took on the leading role in Disney's "The Princess Diaries" in 2001 and just over a decade later won an Oscar for her role as Fantine in "Les Miserables" but was warned that her career would "fall off a cliff" before she turned 40 and yet she feels as if she is "still growing" in Hollywood.
She told Porter magazine, "I've always been really upfront about being an ambitious person. I have goals, I have dreams. They don't look much different than they did when I was [younger], but I'm still pursuing them."
"There's really good seasoning on the pan in a lot of the relationships in my life, and I feel like I'm still growing. When I started out [in this industry] as a child, I was warned that my career would fall off a cliff at the age of 35, which is something I know a lot of women face," she added.
The "Devil Wears Prada" actress, who has Jonathan, seven, and three-year-old Jack with husband Adam Shulman, went on to add that it is "fantastic" that women's careers last longer these days and that while she is "proud" of a lot, still believes there is a lot to "fix" within the industry.
She said, "The thing that has evolved during [that time] is that more women are having careers deeper into their lives, which I think is fantastic. Obviously, it doesn't mean we should have a ticker tape parade. Someone said this to me the other day, 'There's so much to be proud of and there's so much to fix.' "
