Elle Macpherson Quotes

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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.

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“My favorite body part is my heart. Nothing beats loving and being loved.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.”

— Elle Macpherson

“Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

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.

— Elle Macpherson

I eat like a horse!

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“I try to focus on eating seasonally and organic whenever possible. It can be a challenge, but it has a huge effect on my weight, my health, and the environment.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“I like to make movies I like to watch.”

— Elle Macpherson

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

— Elle Macpherson

“You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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?”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“G-strings are uncomfortable. Girls want real knickers now.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

Underwear is such an emotional thing.

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson

“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.”

— Elle Macpherson

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

— Elle Macpherson