At 47, Julia Roberts is commanding some of the most challenging roles of her career, but don't ask her whether she thinks actresses over 40 are getting better roles than before. "It's funny when we try to talk about equality for women," she says. "I think part of it is not having these compartmentalized heroics of 'better parts for women over 40.' Nobody ever talks about better parts for guys over 40," she says. Next month, Roberts stars in Secret in Their Eyes, costarring Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor. In the thriller, Roberts plays a rising FBI investigator whose life unravels after the brutal murder of someone she loves—and who, years later, sets off on a quest for justice. The role was an intense emotional workout for Roberts, who felt fortunate to have her husband, Danny Moder, on the set as the film's cinematographer. "I don't know if I would have succeeded in some of the efforts that I made if he hadn't been in such close physical proximity to me.... There's something about having the safest place in the world for you in the same room," says the actress.
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