--- title: Jessica Lange: Hollywood Uniformly Run From 'Male Point of View' description: Actress Jessica Lange expressed little surprise that a movie studio reportedly turned down 37-year-old actress Maggie Gyllenhaal as "too old," declaring that the entire movie making industry was run from a "male point of view." canonical: https://time.com/3894945/jessica-lange-hollywood-sexism-ageism/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-22T20:39:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:45:17.203Z og:title: Jessica Lange Says Hollywood Is Run From a 'Male Point of View' og:description: "It’s a fantasy that has nothing to do with reality” og:url: https://time.com/3894945/jessica-lange-hollywood-sexism-ageism/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt933af36c0be2689a/69885175f887dc0a62e909b2/jssica-lange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1983 og:image:height: 1115 og:image:alt: The Paley Center For Media's 32nd Annual PALEYFEST LA - "American Horror Story: Freak Show" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jessica Lange Says Hollywood Is Run From a 'Male Point of View' twitter:description: "It’s a fantasy that has nothing to do with reality” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt933af36c0be2689a/69885175f887dc0a62e909b2/jssica-lange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jessica Lange Says Hollywood Is Run From a 'Male Point of View' > Sponsored content. 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No Intermission._  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey May 22, 2015 8:39 PM UTC  Jessica Lange attends the "American Horror Story: Freak Show" event at the 32nd annual PaleyFest at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 15, 2015 Jessica Lange attends the "American Horror Story: Freak Show" event at the 32nd annual PaleyFest at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 15, 2015 Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey May 22, 2015 8:39 PM UTC Actress Jessica Lange expressed little surprise that a movie studio [reportedly](http://time.com/3892100/maggie-gyllenhaal-hollywood-sexism/) turned down 37-year-old actress Maggie Gyllenhaal as “too old,” declaring that the entire movie making industry was run from a “male point of view.” “Even if a woman runs a studio, she still does it with a male point of view,” Lange, the lead actor on the FX series _American Horror Story_, said in an [interview](http://www.thewrap.com/jessica-lange-hollywood-is-run-with-male-point-of-view-even-by-women/?utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=mailchimp) with _TheWrap._ “That men continue to be fascinating and attractive and virile, and women age and are no longer sexual or beautiful ,” she said. “It’s a fantasy that has nothing to do with reality.” ## Transcript [ Music Playing ] [ Music Playing ] >> I'm going to kiss you then I want you to turn away and go on talking. >> Or I'll take the liberty of having you seized up and flogged. >> Now take the apple dearie. >> Nowadays you go out and get yourself an >> ism and-- >> Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. >> War! 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