When you are authentic, you create a certain energy… people want to be around you because you are unique. – Andie MacDowell
I’ve been practicing Ayurvedic medicine, and I’ve read the ‘Bhagavad Gita’ and Rumi, and these are very important. – Andie MacDowell
When your kids are their hungriest, put out raw vegetables and dip – simple. It takes two seconds. – Andie MacDowell
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. – Andie MacDowell
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. – Andie MacDowell
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
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. – Andie MacDowell
I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I want to have fun and just keep working. That’s all I really care about. – Andie MacDowell
I never ‘shunned’ L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it’s definitely harder. – Andie MacDowell
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
How do I think the industry’s changed? Films have changed a lot. I think women are finally able to get older and be sexy just like men. So I’m really enjoying that part – that’s my evolution. – Andie MacDowell
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
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. – Andie MacDowell
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. – Andie MacDowell
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
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. – Andie MacDowell