Elle Macpherson Quotes - Page 2

It was like a big family, since so many of us brought our kids. We all went surfing. It was so relaxed and easy.

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't.

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.

G-strings are uncomfortable. Girls want real knickers now.

I don't look at myself in the mirror. I'll flash past a mirror in the morning to check how I'm dressed, that's it.

It's always been very clear to me that I was going to be a mother and that my purpose in life was to give life.

The image is where you have dinner at night, who you're seeing. It's what car you drive and how you dress. People in the industry sell that, and it creates a dream. There's nothing else.

I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.

I've had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.

Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.

For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working.

I like to make movies I like to watch.

A few pounds show a lot on my body. But it's okay. I believe women look good with a bit of softness to them.

I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did.

I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall. But I don't wear them any more because you don't have to wear heels to be beautiful. I can't even remember the last time I wore heels.

People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I'm not just a business woman. I'm my sons' mother and my husband's wife - although I never post about him on social media because he'd probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we're all balancing those two worlds.