Jerry Hall Quotes

“I'm a bit of a groupie.”

— Jerry Hall

“I'm a very lazy, stay-at-home kind of girl.”

— Jerry Hall

“I enjoy life, and I think that's important. Life is so fragile and so fleeting, and it's over in a minute, and you've just got to grab it and do everything and not worry about it.”

— Jerry Hall

“I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae.”

— Jerry Hall

“I love yoga ... I also see an Ayurvedic doctor, which is an ancient Indian thing. I go and see the doctor to balance my system twice a year; it's preventative. They take my pulse, give me some herbs, and tell me what I should eat and what I should avoid. They rub oil on me too, it's so lovely. It's like a detox.”

— Jerry Hall

“I've been extremely lucky in that I've been a very successful model for a long time. So now I'm an actress and a mother. I'm a theatre rat, which I always wanted to be - I've wanted to act since I was 14 - and I never get bored, ever, and I have four beautiful children. I am, in fact, so darn lucky.”

— Jerry Hall

“I have gone out with younger men, and they're great fun; they've got enthusiasm. Stamina! But I think older men are much better lovers.”

— Jerry Hall

“I think if I weren't so beautiful, maybe, I'd have more character.”

— Jerry Hall

We all know pain doesn't exist without some coexisting depression.

— Jerry Hall

“Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament.”

— Jerry Hall

“I have absolutely zero interest in politics.”

— Jerry Hall

“I have done a lot of theater.”

— Jerry Hall

I think it's great to grow up in a small town because you're just dying to break loose.

— Jerry Hall

“I was 5' 10 when I was 14, skinny and flat, with huge feet, and I never had a boyfriend.”

— Jerry Hall

“I've always felt the man is king of the house and should be amused and treated well.”

— Jerry Hall

“My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!”

— Jerry Hall

My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.

— Jerry Hall

“Of course, it's no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that's coming, and it's a bore.”

— Jerry Hall

“When I started out modelling, people kept warning me that I would only last five years.”

— Jerry Hall

'Wild Horses' is my favourite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca.

— Jerry Hall

“You can burn a lot of calories mopping the house.”

— Jerry Hall

“It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.”

— Jerry Hall

“A lot happens at 50, the best thing being that you just don't care anymore. At 40, you still care. At 30, you care way too much - and your twenties are quite frankly a nightmare. Bring on 60, I say: just imagine the joy of having grandchildren.”

— Jerry Hall

Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.

— Jerry Hall

“Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.”

— Jerry Hall

I always wanted to have a family - that was one of my big wishes. And in school, I'd taken drama, and I'd always wanted to act. I did go to drama school in New York, Los Angeles and London, and I did small parts here and there, but I never really had the time. Modeling was always paying more.

— Jerry Hall

“I am wondering when - if - I have to cut my hair. I think it looks terrible if you have really long hair and it's gone gray. So I am experimenting with wearing it up. Up, with pearls. I think that's quite a good look.”

— Jerry Hall

“I don't mind being older. I'm proud of my age. I've achieved a lot. It's the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn't it strange that now we're living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it's a less valuable commodity?”

— Jerry Hall

I had always studied French and was obsessed with French films. I hated the way American films always had happy endings. I liked the way French films had dark and unpleasant characters; it was much more realistic.

— Jerry Hall

I have a lot of energy, and if I don't keep myself busy, I go crazy. I alphabetise the spice rack, separate the Lego from the Playmobile, colour-code the knicker drawers - it's scary! My house loves it when I'm working so the linen cupboard can get a rest. I just don't sit around.

— Jerry Hall

“I really am glad that the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has had the courage to stand up and say that children should not be hit under any circumstances. I am a committed supporter of this campaigning charity for children.”

— Jerry Hall

“I think crying over spilt milk and being all moody and sulky is really bratty behavior. You shouldn't do it, because it's going to drag you and everyone else around you down.”

— Jerry Hall

“I think poetry is able to say things in such a small, perfect way that are so hard to say. I think it's a perfect medium for expressing difficult ideas and concepts and feelings. It's one of my great loves.”

— Jerry Hall

“It's ridiculous to imagine you can stay young forever and live forever. It's taking away from young people. There's a beauty and respect in age. Magazines and media are disrespectful of age.”

— Jerry Hall

“My dad was in the Second World War with General Patton. He won medals for bravery, but he came home quite damaged, so he was a handful. He told us some terrible stories, and I guess you'd say he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.”

— Jerry Hall

“On my grandmother's chicken farm, they had cows, and they had this big metal container that the cows drank out of, and we used to swim in it. And we used to get into the chicken feed bins and dive through them.”

— Jerry Hall

“People think I'm girlish and flippant, but I was an honours student. I was voted Girl Most Likely To Succeed at North Mesquite High in Texas. My best subject was science. I won a scholarship.”

— Jerry Hall

“The great thing about baking is that you can bring in an apple pie when you have company and say, 'I baked this for you,' and people love it. Men love it when you bake a pie for them.”

— Jerry Hall

“The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don't want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque caricature. A lot of people have made that mistake of trying so hard to hang on to their looks that they make themselves look really scary.”

— Jerry Hall

“The thing I'm most proud of is that I've raised a lot of money for certain charities - breast cancer and the Caldecott Foundation and the NSPCC. But as far as my self-esteem is concerned, doing 'The Graduate' for 11 months was fantastic.”

— Jerry Hall

“There's all that brain work involved, remembering all those lines in a script. I find I have to eat a lot of fish, late - but not too late - in the afternoon. Doing theatre, you need to be like an athlete in training.”

— Jerry Hall

“Yves Saint Laurent was my first fashion show. I wore his tuxedo. And Helmut Newton was my first photographer, in 1973. I was really very lucky. I had an amazing career.”

— Jerry Hall

The real fountain of youth is to have a dirty mind ...

— Jerry Hall

“Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful.”

— Jerry Hall

“Since I got a divorce, I have been dating younger guys. But it's just because they're the ones that ask me out.”

— Jerry Hall

“There is nothing more humiliating than loving someone so much that you forgive the infidelities.”

— Jerry Hall

I'm single. I'm independent. And I'm dating. I think if you're honest that you're dating, there's nothing wrong with that.

— Jerry Hall

“Cosmetic surgery is terrifying. It never looks good. Those women look weird. They look in the mirror and think they look great, but they don't see what we see. I think it's hideous. They scare small children.”

— Jerry Hall

“I like the odd glass of wine, a coffee and a cigarette. As you get older you can't see the wrinkles”

— Jerry Hall

“Earlier this year I had my hair feng-shuied.”

— Jerry Hall