Andie MacDowell

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age. ”

One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother. ”

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother. ”

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. ”

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

Because of technology today, we expect kids to stay in touch with us too much. I think that's unnatural. We really do have to give kids their freedom and allow them to go off and become adults. ”

We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that that's what you're supposed to be doing in the car. ”

Here's the thing with the business, is that when people like your work, and you make them money, you're set. When the critics like you, and you make the studios money, doors opened. ”

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

I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves. It's all about being healthy for me now. ”