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

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. — Andie MacDowell

There is a comfortable feeling in small towns. It is salubrious. — Andie MacDowell

I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and I think it is there. I think we are more intuitive than men. — Andie MacDowell

I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me. — Andie MacDowell

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. — 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

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

Divorce is horrible. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I don't think it's anything that's ever completely resolved. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

In London, like in conches, Mr. MacDowell or MacDowness, time could be seen. Time was stamped in stone, in iron and in marble. And it was not only the buildings; people also occupied a place in the stratified flow of decades and centuries. — Sylvia Iparraguirre

Angry people are not beautiful. — Andie MacDowell

Where I live, the majority of men are married to women their own age. — 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

I'm in an unusual stage right now, because I haven't dated in so long. The sense of isolation turns it all into a bigger deal. Just taking the risk of opening that door is really hard for me right now. — 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. — 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

I willingly devoted myself to my children and to my husband. I come from a broken home, and I decided a long time ago that I would put my family ahead of everything. — Andie MacDowell

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

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. — Andie MacDowell

I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift. — Andie MacDowell

As a proud spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris, I have communicated the 'Because You're Worth It' message many times, and know firsthand how empowering it is to say and how empowering it feels. — Andie MacDowell

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. — Andie MacDowell

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

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. — Andie MacDowell

I feel really good about the things I've accomplished in my life, and I don't want to look younger. — 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

When I modeled, I lived in Europe and worked all the time. I did runway, and that's all I did. — 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

I've already made a substantial commitment to wildlife by putting my land in the easement. It won't be developed. It will remain there in perpetuity - will be there for the wildlife. — 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 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

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

Sins can only be forgiven if they are first confessed. — Mary MacDowell

My books have all been very deeply felt. You don't spend eight years of your life working on a trendy knockoff. In that sense I've been serious. But I don't do lots of things that other serious writers do. I don't write book reviews. I don't sit on panels about the state of the novel. I don't go to writer conferences. I don't teach writing seminars. I don't hang out at Yaddo or MacDowell. I'm not concerned with my reputation as a writer and where I stand relative to other writers. I'm not competitive or professionally ambitious. I don't think about my work and my career in an overarching or systematic way. I don't think about myself, as I think most writers do, as progressing toward some ideal of greatness. There's no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to me. — Bret Easton Ellis

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

In the days when I used to tweet, I would encounter comments wishing death upon me. There were people who claimed they were sticking pins in my effigy because they couldn't stand me. There's some seriously disturbed people out there. — Andie MacDowell

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

Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day' — Marco Rubio

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

Memories are thins sheets of metal that can be easily molded or shaped. They possess the power to either tickle your heart or haunt your soul. — Mary MacDowell

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award. — Andie MacDowell

I'm not a party person. I'm a nerd. I'm not an extrovert in that way at all. The things I enjoy doing could be boring to somebody else. — Andie MacDowell

My girls have been a great support to me. I come to them when I need to make a decision; they love to watch me work. — 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

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 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. — Andie MacDowell

I never 'shunned' L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it's definitely harder. — Andie MacDowell

I like to work out every day. I run, walk, do machines. I'm not neurotic about food. My rule is, don't let yourself get over a certain weight. If you gain 5lb, stop before it gets worse. — Andie MacDowell

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

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

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

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure. — 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've had a great experience in the fashion business. — Andie MacDowell

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?' — Andie MacDowell

A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style. — Andie MacDowell

My kids learned to be independent. — 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 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

My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess I was sort of a theatre geek, but the activity that I was most invested in was speech and debate. — Andie MacDowell

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

We don't need any more reality TV, women yelling at each other. I can't watch that stuff. — Andie MacDowell

I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her. — Andie MacDowell

If you carry around anger and ugly emotions it will show on your face. — Andie MacDowell

I love 'Forrest Gump;' I like sweet, cheery, happy movies. But it has some dark moments too. — Andie MacDowell

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

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. — 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

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. — 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

I tried to tell them about the dating process because I'm single now and how horrible it is and how many foolish experiences I had had dating. So I was really selling him hard, but the whole time he really wanted me! — Andie MacDowell

In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too. — Andie MacDowell

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on. — Andie MacDowell

Every woman goes through a lot of agony before she decides in favour of her own happiness or that of her children. — Andie MacDowell

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

I'm sorry, but in my generation and where I came from, only sailors got tattoos. Not ladies. — Andie MacDowell

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

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me. — Andie MacDowell

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

I'm actually a pretty clean-cut person. — Andie MacDowell

I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends. — Andie MacDowell

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? — Andie MacDowell

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

My mother and grandmother both had beautiful skin. — 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

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

I hate auditions. — 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

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