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.Collection: Time
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?Collection: Romantic
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.Collection: Amazing
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.Collection: Trust
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.Collection: Humor
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.Collection: Attitude
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!Collection: Dating
I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.Collection: Beauty
During my teen years, I was real emotional. I could be really up or down.Collection: Teen
There is a comfortable feeling in small towns. It is salubrious.
Sexiness comes with maturity.
When you are authentic, you create a certain energy... people want to be around you because you are unique.
My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.
Angry people are not beautiful.
Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.
I wouldn't wear really short dresses anymore - just don't feel comfortable in them.
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.
You can't be perfect at everything.
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 think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.
Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.
I had a whole bunch of very successful movies. I have worked with some incredible people - incredible.
Where I live, the majority of men are married to women their own age.
I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves.
I don't want to be agitated so much on television. I don't need to watch any more agitation.
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.
During Katherine Hepburn's time when she was just coming into her own at 40.
I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago.
I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women.
I think the human body is beautiful, and I don't really have a huge problem in dealing with it, but it's the context, the environment and what I feel about it that that makes the difference for me.
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.
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.
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.
I think sometimes I intimidate people. I've been told that. But I feel I'm the least intimidating person possible.
My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.
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.
I loved dancing as a young girl.
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.
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.
I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.
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.
I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.
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.
Every woman goes through a lot of agony before she decides in favour of her own happiness or that of her children.
I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me.
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.
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.
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.
As I celebrate life, I can't help but think how young my mom was when she died of a heart attack at 53. My mom didn't get to meet her grandchildren, but I'm determined to watch mine grow up.
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.