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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.
Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.
Anyway, I believe you don't fix the inside by putting something on the outside.
As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working.
At this stage of my life it's great to be able to ask myself, what do I really like, not what am I told I should like.
Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.
But as time goes on, people who appreciate good films really respect Sirens. I saw it again the other day, and it was a very good movie.
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.
But, I have a tendency toward romantic comedy.
Everything I do is about women honouring themselves, treating themselves and taking care of themselves.
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.
For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.
For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.
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?
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.
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.
I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them.
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.
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.
I don't think feeling beautiful should be exclusive to the rich and famous. And everyone has a few minutes for a quick body scrub in the shower. All women deserve that.
I eat like a horse!
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.
I have a holistic attitude to health - it has to be a combination of physical, spiritual and emotional care. It's about listening to your body. Sometimes I need to run, other times to meditate, sometimes I need to dance with my kids, and sometimes I just need a good meal. I don't have a regime.
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.
I just made Mom's Up on the Roof, an independent film that comes out in February or March. I shot that during the first three months of my pregnancy.
I like to make movies I like to watch.
I never listen to those things. So much crap gets bandied about and I don't believe in reading too much about yourself.
I soon started producing my own calendars because I realised there was a market for them.
I think that being a public person, you should not have to forego your rights. If you're a regular, everyday person, and someone's following you, making you afraid, you go to the police. You can get a restraining order. Why is it that if you're a public person, you don't have that right anymore?
I think we've become a lot more urban.
I try to put aside an hour a day, five days a week, to do some sort of physical exercise, whether it's Pilates or running in the park. But with two young children I don't always get that time.
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.
I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.
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.
I'd like to be in a place in my acting career where I could've done that and done a good job.
I'd like to jump in and be the star, but I have to be realistic about my capacities. The better I get as an actor, the more range I'm going to have.
I'm really excited and I loved the idea of playing on the word intimate. This particular collection is very sexy and sumptuous and different and I really wanted to focus on the lingerie and not necessarily me.
I've always had an unusual career; I've never followed the industry norm.
I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.
I've had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.
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.
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.
It's more a kind of general osmosis that you receive when you're in the company of greatness. I feel like I'm kind of an apprentice on my movies.
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.
My body type wasn't fashionable when I started, but it was commercial.
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.
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.
There's no purpose for me to have my every waking moment recorded. I don't particularly like seeing pictures of myself, unless it's related to a movie.
This industry has been incredibly supportive of me and for that I'm very grateful. I owe it thanks for the life I've had: my independence, my capacity to express myself creatively in all different fields.
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.
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.
In the ‘90s, Elle’s home was burglarised. Photographs were stolen, with a ransom being held for the them. The FBI caught the thieves in the end.
In 2005, Elle was ranked #7 in the "World's Greatest Supermodel" poll.
Elle does not like reading things that she has not written.
Elle is a co-owner, along with Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, of the Fashion Cafe in New York City.
Elle is known as ‘The Body’.
Elle is six feet tall.
Elle is currently the owner of, Elle Macpherson Intimates a lingerie brand.
Elle studied Law at the University of Sydney for one year.
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