Andie MacDowell Quotes & Sayings

I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

Dancers work really hard, they don't make any money. It's hard. — Andie MacDowell

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

It's interesting now; with social media, you are actually interacting with fans. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

The truth is that humans have the potential to be horrific. And I think being conscious of that is important. — Andie MacDowell

I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women. — Andie MacDowell

Someday, I'll make a movie with a British accent. — Andie MacDowell

I'm the kind of person that just goes in and does my job. — Andie MacDowell

I don't want to be agitated so much on television. I don't need to watch any more agitation. — Andie MacDowell

Here's the thing with the business, is that when people like your work, and you make them money, you're set. When the critics like you, and you make the studios money, doors opened. — Andie MacDowell

Sexiness comes with maturity. — Andie MacDowell

It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age. — Andie MacDowell

There's a deep piece of me that wants to be very personal and not share everything with everybody and not put it out there. — Andie MacDowell

I'm really addicted to water. I carry a bottle of water everywhere I go. I know people think I'm a nut. — Andie MacDowell

Not many college students know what they want to do. — Andie MacDowell

I eat an enormous amount of fruits and vegetables. — Andie MacDowell

It's so funny to get a call from Dustin Hoffman because he has that great voice. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

In 1984, I starred in 'Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan,' my first movie. My lines ended up being dubbed by Glenn Close, supposedly because my accent was 'too southern'. It was completely humiliating at the time. I became a laughing stock. I'm amazed that I managed to pick myself up and dust myself off. — Andie MacDowell

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! — Andie MacDowell

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 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. — Andie MacDowell

Who's to say I can't find some great work when I'm 55 or 65? — Andie MacDowell

I loved dancing as a young girl. — Andie MacDowell

I'm just human, and I have great relationships with the people that work for me. — Andie MacDowell

I tried to do things independently with each child. — Andie MacDowell

With all that's going on in our lives and the world, reducing stress is important, and it's a factor in heart health. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I need some downtime before I go to sleep. — Andie MacDowell

I was a hard rocker when I was in high school. — Andie MacDowell

I never dye my own hair, I don't know if I could get every spot, and I have a good bit of grey. — Andie MacDowell

When I was 23, basically I stopped modelling and started going to school, and was able to study with wonderful teachers. — Andie MacDowell

It's helped my outlook, how I interact with people. It's made me more conscious. It's helped me be able to focus, make better decisions, think on my feet. I don't know what I'd do without it. It's my sanctuary. — Andie MacDowell

I exercise every day. It's what makes me happy. — Andie MacDowell

I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves. It's all about being healthy for me now. — Andie MacDowell

My goal is to do cartwheels for the rest of my life. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

It's difficult sometimes to become friends with actors. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I think sometimes we seem to obsess on negativity. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I've been practicing Ayurvedic medicine, and I've read the 'Bhagavad Gita' and Rumi, and these are very important. — Andie MacDowell

Everybody needs to laugh and have fun and feel good. — Andie MacDowell

Being a model, you know, it's a short-lived vocation. — Andie MacDowell

How do I think the industry's changed? Films have changed a lot. I think women are finally able to get older and be sexy just like men. So I'm really enjoying that part - that's my evolution. — Andie MacDowell

There's not a lot of light on television. — Andie MacDowell

During my 40s, I thought I couldn't wear red lipstick. I thought it was just too much and I couldn't do it anymore. I don't know why. But now, I'm going to wear red lipstick for as long as I want. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

Everybody perceives me because of my career that I'm a movie star, or I'm this model, but I'm still the same person I was when I was a little girl. — Andie MacDowell

My children haven't even seen most of my movies. — Andie MacDowell

I wouldn't wear really short dresses anymore - just don't feel comfortable in them. — Andie MacDowell

You've got to take the hems down, especially past 50. I don't care how good your legs are. — Andie MacDowell

I wish there was a news channel that really told you what was going on in the world, not just sensationalized news. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I want to have fun and just keep working. That's all I really care about. — Andie MacDowell

I must be thankful that I get to do intense dramatic roles, because it takes so much more, whereas I've been doing L'Oreal forever, and I can do that in my sleep. — Andie MacDowell

When you are authentic, you create a certain energy ... people want to be around you because you are unique. — Andie MacDowell

During Katherine Hepburn's time when she was just coming into her own at 40. — Andie MacDowell

I'm really not techno-savvy - that's just not my personality. — Andie MacDowell

I hate auditions. — Andie MacDowell

Diane Keaton was a big role model for me. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I've had a great experience in the fashion business. — Andie MacDowell

We can sit around and go, okay, is there really a plan, does somebody really know what's happening, is it all planned out, because sometimes it just seems too remarkable to me the things that have happened to me. — Andie MacDowell

People that are 40, they don't sit around at talk about gray hair and how it covers their hair. They talk about highlighting, of course they're covering gray, but they don't talk about it that way. They're going to get their colors because they need a little lightening. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

North Carolina has been so great because nobody asks me about work. — Andie MacDowell

I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

There are lots of great actresses who are great because they'll do anything. — Andie MacDowell

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next. — Andie MacDowell

Talking to your hairdresser is almost like talking to your therapist, — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

I think sometimes I intimidate people. I've been told that. But I feel I'm the least intimidating person possible. — Andie MacDowell

I define sexy as a real salt-of-the-earth woman who knows who she is, who feels strong and powerful. — Andie MacDowell

Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful. — Andie MacDowell

I don't go to enough movies. — Andie MacDowell

In my next life, I'd like to come back five foot, two inches, with the best ass and tits you've ever seen. — Andie MacDowell

I don't pass judgment on anybody, but personally, I prefer a more natural look. I think it's helping my longevity in my career because I'm playing my age. — Andie MacDowell

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing. — Andie MacDowell

I think yoga has given me better posture. People don't realise how strong it makes you. You have to use your body weight to hold yourself. As you get older, you're supposed to lift weights, but I find that kind of boring. Yoga is lifting my own body. — Andie MacDowell

I had a whole bunch of very successful movies. I have worked with some incredible people - incredible. — Andie MacDowell

I try really hard not to be attached to success. — Andie MacDowell