Andie MacDowell

“Being prepared helps you feel more confident at the doctor's office. Think about what you want to ask and write those questions down.”

“I don't go to enough movies.”

“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.”

“I wish there was a news channel that really told you what was going on in the world, not just sensationalized news.”

“I always think I look better after a yoga class. It's the same as a massage. We look so amazing after a massage because we're relaxed.”

“People that are 40, they don't sit around at talk about gray hair and how it covers their hair. They talk about highlighting, of course they're covering gray, but they don't talk about it that way. They're going to get their colors because they need a little lightening.”

“Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.”

“Not many college students know what they want to do.”

“The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a great time working on it and two wonderful people to guide me. A dialect coach that I have known for thirty years and a Polish actor.”

“As I celebrate life, I can't help but think how young my mom was when she died of a heart attack at 53. My mom didn't get to meet her grandchildren, but I'm determined to watch mine grow up.”

“I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth.”

“Where I live, the majority of men are married to women their own age.”

“I had a whole bunch of very successful movies. I have worked with some incredible people - incredible.”

“I think the human body is beautiful, and I don't really have a huge problem in dealing with it, but it's the context, the environment and what I feel about it that that makes the difference for me.”

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

“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.”

“You can't be perfect at everything.”

“I'm the kind of person that just goes in and does my job.”

“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.”

“My high school experience was kind of like 'Mean Girls.' It was very much like a bad B movie. 'This is where the jocks sit, and this is where the cheerleaders sit.' And I never really fit in. I guess I was sort of a theatre geek, but the activity that I was most invested in was speech and debate.”