How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.
— Andie MacDowell
When I modeled, I lived in Europe and worked all the time. I did runway, and that's all I did.
With all that's going on in our lives and the world, reducing stress is important, and it's a factor in heart health.
Wonderful things happen when you turn 50: you change perspective. You ask, 'Who am I? What do I want to do with my life? What have I not done that I want to do?'
Not many college students know what they want to do.
I'm really addicted to water. I carry a bottle of water everywhere I go. I know people think I'm a nut.
I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.
I'm actually a pretty clean-cut person.
I've been practicing Ayurvedic medicine, and I've read the 'Bhagavad Gita' and Rumi, and these are very important.
I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.
It's interesting now; with social media, you are actually interacting with fans.
I was from a little rinky-dink town - to be a model... it looked like a lot of fun. I'd look at the girls, and they always looked happy.
You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.
I don't go to enough movies.
The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a great time working on it and two wonderful people to guide me. A dialect coach that I have known for thirty years and a Polish actor.
I never dye my own hair, I don't know if I could get every spot, and I have a good bit of grey.
Sexiness comes with maturity.
I like being a part of something. I like participating and being part of a group.
I am an advocate for going to the doctor and going every year. I make sure that part of the checkup is spent talking about my heart with my doctor, and getting my numbers checked, and discussing the results. And I make sure that I understand the answers to my questions.
The problem with my mother is that she didn't go to the doctor. And I think by the time she started to show symptoms that something might not be right, and finally went to the doctor, she was so close to her death that she couldn't get the care she had needed. Her big issue was not going to the doctor.
I realize that I'm in the top one percent of the world. I've traveled a lot. I've seen immense poverty in the world, and I can't live with everything I've had and be comfortable with everything I have unless I do something for the rest of the world.
I did three movies in a row, and that was horrible. It was a horrible experience for me.
I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.
There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot that were really known as models that became actresses, but there are hordes of them that did modelling before such as Anjelica Huston, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore and Geena Davis. There are loads of 'em.
I've been a Christian for a long time, and I think that Christianity gets a bad rap. I think that people's perception of what a Christian is today is something that is close-minded and narrow, and that's not what I am.
You've got to take the hems down, especially past 50. I don't care how good your legs are.
I love 'Forrest Gump;' I like sweet, cheery, happy movies. But it has some dark moments too.
Pregnancy changed my body; it changed the way I walk.
It's so funny to get a call from Dustin Hoffman because he has that great voice.
It's difficult sometimes to become friends with actors.
I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease.
Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful.
Diane Keaton was a big role model for me.
There are lots of great actresses who are great because they'll do anything.
Being a model, you know, it's a short-lived vocation.
Being prepared helps you feel more confident at the doctor's office. Think about what you want to ask and write those questions down.
I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends.
I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.
I think a lot of times people who jump from one movie to another don't enjoy their private life. It's a great way to escape reality. But I enjoy my life.
I'm comfortable in front of a camera, and I'm used to being watched, although that kind of bugged me at first. On the stage, though, I'm scared. I really get frightened in front of people.
The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.
I will do simple cleanses and have a day where I'm quiet and don't talk. I need to have this experience, especially after work has been really intense.
I wouldn't wear really short dresses anymore - just don't feel comfortable in them.
Kindness can come from someone on Twitter, it can come from someone on the street, it can come from someone at work. Without kindness, I don't know what I would do. The greatest part of life is the simple things.
I've worked with producers who have told me to lose weight, and I'm not overweight, but they want you to look strange, anorexic, horrible. It's odd. It's like they are exerting a power over women, that they want them to look really frail.
During my teen years, I was real emotional. I could be really up or down.
Someday, I'll make a movie with a British accent.
I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.
My mother and grandmother both had beautiful skin.
I remember what I was like as a teenager, with an enormous amount of energy and hormones. You have to be able to release it, and dancing is really an innocent way.
