Meg Ryan is struggling to find suitable movie roles now she is in her 40s.
The 44-year-old actress - best known for her scene in When Harry Met Sally when she faked an orgasm at a table in a restaurant - claims some audiences are turned off by her "perky" persona now she has got older.
She revealed to Easy Living magazine: "Some people get upset if you are interested in being perky and you're over 40, but others want you to be that."
Meg, who adopted a baby girl from China earlier this year, admits she is struggling to break free from the shackles of her Hollywood stereotype.
She added: "I don't think you can win any way with this image. No one should shrink to fit the idea someone imposes on them. It's not what being a human being is about."
Shortly after adopting her daughter, Meg decided to change her name from Charlotte to Daisy.
She said: "I already had to change her name. I thought she was a Charlotte and she's just not, she's a Daisy."
Meg - who also has a teenage son, Jack, with ex-husband Dennis Quaid - picked up her baby from the US consulate in January after an eight-day stay in China to prove her suitability to be parent.