Andie MacDowell

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

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

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'm the kind of person that just goes in and does my job.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

When your kids are their hungriest, put out raw vegetables and dip - simple. It takes two seconds.

I tried to do things independently with each child.

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

Sexiness comes with maturity.

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.

Diane Keaton was a big role model for me.

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

My mother and grandmother both had beautiful skin.

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

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.

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 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.

I don't go to enough movies.

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

It's difficult sometimes to become friends with actors.

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.

During my teen years, I was real emotional. I could be really up or down.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I will do simple cleanses and have a day where I'm quiet and don't talk. I need to have this experience, especially after work has been really intense.

I'm actually a pretty clean-cut person.

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.

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.

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 not aiming for an Academy Award.

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

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.

I did three movies in a row, and that was horrible. It was a horrible experience for me.

Not many college students know what they want to do.

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