Elle Macpherson Quotes

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 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.

I like colourful knickers, but most importantly a great pair of knickers should be taken off with more joy than they were put on.

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.

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.

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 wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

I've always found it very difficult to understand the laws as far as nudity in America - how some things are pornographic and some things are not pornographic. It's against the law to go topless on the beach, but you can go buy a gun. That just seems so absurd to me.

I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.

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.

Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.

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

Anyway, I believe you don't fix the inside by putting something on the outside.

I think that natural beauty is very charismatic... I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too much.

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

I come from a country where you don't wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.

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.

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 like to make movies I like to watch.

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

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 believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.

I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

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

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.

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.

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

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 wish somebody had told me to start using sunscreen when I was younger 'cause I grew up in the '70s... and at that time, I used to coat my body with baby oil. I think it's so important that we learn to be as careful as we possibly can and not only for beauty, but for skincare.

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.

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.

If your wearing lingerie that makes you feel glamorous, you're halfway thereto turning heads.

The birth of my sons. The birth of new emotions...what a privilege. What a blessing.

Everything I do is about women honouring themselves, treating themselves and taking care of themselves.

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

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.

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.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself.

I don't have a problem with nudity. I never have. I was born naked. I'd like to buried naked. It's a way of life in Australia.

You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

Underwear is such an emotional thing.