Bridges speculated that it was all a conspiracy to keep population levels down. It might be nature itself. For his part, Bridges said he doesn't feel 50 and that he still finds acting a challenge. He said he recently played the president of the United States in a picture and was surprised he was cast for the part. I don't feel that old.
Age is a funny thing.
I'm working right now on a dream I had as a teenager. I'm putting out an album of my music. And that's something I thought I would never do at this time of my life. People need to wake up to that and not waste the great actors who come into their prime in their 50s and 60s. Warchus also refuted the other side of the theory, that good roles dry up for actresses even earlier, pointing to Simpatico's female lead Sharon Stone.