I tried to do things independently with each child.
— Andie MacDowell
I can't see as well as I used to. Which is actually convenient because everything I see is in extremely soft focus! I think that's God's little gift to me.
I'm a huge Muppets fan. Gigantic. I think they're genius. I think they're some of the best work out there and completely underrated, just because of how genius they are. I love that kind of humor. It's so innocent but brilliant.
I've had a great experience in the fashion business.
When the children were little, I'd fly into L.A. for a specific work project, but then I'd leave again, and when I was home, I wouldn't even read a script.
I never 'shunned' L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it's definitely harder.
I try really hard not to be attached to success.
My kids learned to be independent.
Divorce is horrible. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I don't think it's anything that's ever completely resolved.
I need some downtime before I go to sleep.
I'm not a huge TV person. I don't like having the noise when I'm doing other things unless I'm really lonely, and then I turn the TV on. But I do like to sit down and watch TV in the evenings.
When my mother had four girls, and she could tell her marriage was falling apart, she went back to college and got her degree in music and education.
I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth.
I eat an enormous amount of fruits and vegetables.
I've always been a very active person.
I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can't remember people's names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can't think of George Clooney, I'll say, 'You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show... ' Until someone says his name, I can't finish my story!
The truth is that humans have the potential to be horrific. And I think being conscious of that is important.
When your kids are their hungriest, put out raw vegetables and dip - simple. It takes two seconds.
I'm sorry, but in my generation and where I came from, only sailors got tattoos. Not ladies.
I've heard that George Clooney did something like nine pilots before 'ER' was picked up, way back when he was doing TV. It's just the way the business works. There are a lot of pilots that we've never seen. It's protocol.
Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six. It's very hard for a large group of women to maintain a thinness which is, after all, only natural to a few people.
My children haven't even seen most of my movies.
We don't need any more reality TV, women yelling at each other. I can't watch that stuff.
Angry people are not beautiful.
Having the option to be able to have a career and feel good about yourself as an individual and still be a great mother is definitely a possibility.
My goal is to do cartwheels for the rest of my life.
There's not a lot of light on television.
We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that that's what you're supposed to be doing in the car.
I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.
I make an enormous amount of salads, but my salads are like meals. They're amazing. I like going down to the farmers' market and looking to see whatever you can find, because you can put anything in a salad.
I always think I look better after a yoga class. It's the same as a massage. We look so amazing after a massage because we're relaxed.
My mother and I used to watch 'Maude,' and I think she loved 'Maude' because my mother wanted to see strong women out there with a voice.
Oh, all southern women say they're sorry. You could do almost anything, bump into some one, don't spread the jam right, you're always sorry. I've had people tell me to stop saying it so much!
I don't know that anyone comes from a truly functional family.
Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.
As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.
I remember early on, in my very, very early days, I had a makeup artist tell me that I needed to get an attitude. I had no idea what he was talking about.
I'm the kind of person that just goes in and does my job.
North Carolina has been so great because nobody asks me about work.
I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.
One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother.
For me, it's sad to say, but I would probably have a spiritual marriage but not a legal marriage, because I think so much about marriage starts to become about finances. It has nothing to do with God or feelings or the romantic side of marriage. It's about who owns what, who gets what? So what's the point?
Because of technology today, we expect kids to stay in touch with us too much. I think that's unnatural. We really do have to give kids their freedom and allow them to go off and become adults.
I wish there was a news channel that really told you what was going on in the world, not just sensationalized news.
I'm really not techno-savvy - that's just not my personality.
As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.
I think every time in your life is valuable, and you need to exist in that moment. Because if you don't - you lose it.
I think there is sexy. And then there's tacky sexy. When you're young, you can get away with tacky sexy. I mean, it's not even tacky when you're young. But when you get older, it's just tacky.
I was a hard rocker when I was in high school.
I'm strong. I'm outspoken. I feel like I'm equal to men. I can walk in the woods just as much and as far as a man can. Yet I'm still female. I'm very female.
