Quotes from Andie MacDowell

Sexiness comes with maturity.

I was a hard rocker when I was in high school.

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

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.

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.

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

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'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.

I'm actually a pretty clean-cut person.

Not many college students know what they want to do.

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

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

I've had some really big hits with 'Groundhog Day' and 'Michael,' 'Multiplicity,' 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.'

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

Pregnancy changed my body; it changed the way I walk.

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'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.

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.

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