Elle Macpherson Quotes

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Female, Writer, Lucky

• 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

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Fact

• 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

  Topics in Dream

  Tags in People, Industry

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Fashion, Industry

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Feel, Herself, Beautiful

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Party, Friends, Restaurant

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

  Elle Macpherson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Stuff, Fun

• 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

  Topics in America

  Tags in Industry

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

  Elle Macpherson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Wanted, Study, Ballet

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Remember

• I like to make movies I like to watch.

  Elle Macpherson

  Topics in Movies

• 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

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Self

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Feel, Beautiful

• I eat like a horse!

  Elle Macpherson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Eating

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Movie, Everybody

• 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

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Support

• 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

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Director, Actors

• 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

  Topics in Achievement

  Tags in Self, Greatest

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Magazine

• 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

  Topics in America, Sports, Success

Elle Macpherson (27)

Birth:	29th March, 1963
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actress, Businesswoman, Model, Television Presenter

About

Elle Macpherson was born in Killara, Sydney, Australia. She is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host and actress. She is the founder, primary model, and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products. In 2010, she became the host and executive producer of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model. As an actress, she appeared in supporting roles in The Mirror Has Two Faces, Batman and Robin, The Edge, and South Kensington. She also had a recurring role on Friends and hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live. She briefly studied law for one year at the University of Sydney.

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