Elle Macpherson Quotes
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.
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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.
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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.
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For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.
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I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.
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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.
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As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working.
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I've had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.
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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.
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You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.
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For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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G-strings are uncomfortable. Girls want real knickers now.
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I like to make movies I like to watch.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Anyway, I believe you don't fix the inside by putting something on the outside.
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