Toni Collette says she's been delighted to witness the way the Time's Up movement has changed the industry for the better and admits she feels like ''many more roles are opening up for women''.
The 45-year-old Academy Award-nominated actress believes there are an increasingly diverse range of opportunities for female performers, not just the movie industry, but "society at large".
Speaking to i Newspaper, the Muriel's Wedding star said: ''I'm now a middle-aged woman and ... it feels like many more roles are opening up for women. That's my personal experience.
''It's not just this industry, it's society at large. There's been this ridiculous sense of inequality. Anyway, it's about time. It's such a necessary change and it really is occurring. You can feel it.''
Collette's latest movie, dark family drama Hereditary, is loosely based on director Ari Aster's own experiences and follows the Graham family as they descend into hell attempting to outrun the sinister fate they appear to have inherited.
''Ari is the most meticulous director I've ever worked with.
''As an actor, when you're working with material this intense, you can feel vulnerable if you don't feel supported. But he was just as dedicated and married to this story as I was.
''I can't even tell you ... the emails I received, like, reams. There was so much backstory and so much detail. There is so much ambiguity in there, but the way everything was knitted together was so exciting," she added.
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