Andie Macdowell Quotes

Powerful Andie Macdowell for Daily Growth

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

Doing, Nine, TV, Picked

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

Before, Became, Sharon, Moore

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

Gift, Think, Which, Convenient

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

Strong, Very, Still, Outspoken

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

Thought, Want, Going, Red Lipstick

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

Love, Play, Always, Defining

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

Think, Always, Yoga, Relaxed

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

- Andie MacDowell

Walk, Body, Way, Pregnancy

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

- Andie MacDowell

I Remember, Meryl, Ad, Harassed

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

Disease, Level, Committed, Fighters

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

Proud, Worth It, Feels, Spokesperson

I was fortunate to be able to do two movies with Harold Ramis. He was the kindest of any director with whom I worked. Harold was a genius. On top of his talent, he could do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle faster than anyone! I am lucky to have known him as well as I did. I will miss him.

- Andie MacDowell

Lucky, Him, Two, Harold

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

- Andie MacDowell

Television, Watch, Need, Agitation

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

- Andie MacDowell

Think, Been, I Think, Intimidate

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

Rest, Had, One Percent, Traveled

I eat healthy, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy myself. I eat ice cream and chocolate, as my metabolism is pretty fast because I work out so much.

- Andie MacDowell

Work, Myself, Pretty, Ice Cream

I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can't remember people's names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can't think of George Clooney, I'll say, 'You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show... ' Until someone says his name, I can't finish my story!

- Andie MacDowell

Play, Big, TV, None

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

Broken, Ahead, Devoted, Willingly

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

Love, Some, I Think, Underrated

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

- Andie MacDowell

Work, Help, Artist, Philanthropic

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

Change, My Life, Happen, Who Am I

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

Stress, Going, Lives, Factor

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

Southern, Became, Supposedly, Tarzan

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

Enjoy, Doing, Could, Nerd

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

- Andie MacDowell

Tough, Me, Six, Divorced

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

Think, Kind, Deal, Cracks

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

Think, Need, I Think, Every Time

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

Salad, Like, Amount, Salads

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

Kind, Used, Though, Frightened

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

Some, Southern, Almost, Almost Anything

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