Dakota Johnson on Mom Melanie Griffith & Ageism in Hollywood: “Industry is F*cking Brutal”

Dakota Johnson, best known for playing Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey, comes from a line of famous actresses. Her grandmother is one of Alfred Hitchcock's blondes, Tippi Hedren from The Birds, while her mom is Working Girl actress Melanie Griffith. Both of these ladies dealt with ageism in Hollywood, so Johnson knows her business when speaking about Tinseltown's treatment of women.  Now she is adding her voice to others speaking out against the double standards of aging actors and actresses, calling the industry "f*cking brutal."

The 26-year-old star is the cover girl for February's edition of Vogue UK, as she's promoting Black Mass, her film with Johnny Depp, and she spoke out about her most famous role and what it's like to grow up as Hollywood royalty. She doesn't have a lot of nice things to say about growing older as a film actress, wondering why her mother and grandmother aren't in movies these days.

"This industry is f*cking brutal," said the young star, whose dad is Miami Vice star Don Johnson. "No matter how tough you are, sometimes there's the feeling of not being wanted. It's absurd and cutthroat. Whenever I have downtime, I'm unsure that I will ever work again."

According to The Independent, women in Hollywood have been speaking out over ageism for a while. Recently 38-year-old Maggie Gyllenhaal revealed she was refused a role because she was deemed too old to play the love interest of an unnamed actor who was 55 years of age, nearly 20 years older than she is.

Of course, placing young actresses as the love interests of much older men has been happening in Hollywood since the dawn of the industry. When she was starting out, Audrey Hepburn was perpetually placed opposite men who doubled her age, including Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire.

Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher also spoke out recently about ageism, pointing out the social media trend of examining whether or not she's aged well. Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out, a film in which she reprises the role of Princess Leia after more than 30 years some fans got out of hand and she struck back on Twitter.

Please stop debating about whetherOR not I aged well.unfortunately it hurts all3 of my feelings.My BODY hasnt aged as well as I have.Blow us

— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 29, 2015

In the tweet, which later went viral and was applauded by many, Fisher points out how hurtful it is that she's judged for her looks alone when it comes to her aging. Professional reviewer Kyle Smith, who is becoming known for misogynist articles like one claiming women can't understand Goodfellas, brought home the point of ageism by publicly telling Fisher, in The New York Post, to quit acting if she was so concerned with people judging her looks.