Rachel Hunter Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

An element of mystery is important, but I'm not a games - player by any means. I like things upfront.

Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

Celibacy? Nine months. But once you start doing it again, it's all over.

Dad was always a big kid, but at what stage do men grow up?

Everyone has a few relationships where, at some point, they think, What am I doing?

I am horrified. I am desperate. But I am determined to do something about it. I'm But I can't do it on my own. Please help Born Free and help the gorillas.

I didn't come from a very wealthy family, but dad worked for the airlines, which meant he could get cheap flights.

I feel quite maternal towards these girls. I won't tolerate anyone with an eating disorder. But, boy, some of them have an attitude. Who on earth is bringing them up? There's no respect.

I got a whole new fan base. The band were really cool.

I had agreed to do an interview, but I had no idea that there were going to be cameras in there. I have children, and it was going to be on pay-per-view TV. I had no idea what he was potentially going to be doing.

I had my babies very young. I'd like to think I could offer something different as an older mum. I'd be calmer. Having had two kids already, I will be more relaxed about it.

I have stayed friends with everybody I've been with. That also goes for a few people who were more regrettable.

I know this is hard to believe, but I don't get any money from Rod. He gives me money for the kids.

I like doing music videos. I never thought about what the video might do for my acting career. I was really surprised about the attention it got.

I love men with a sense of adventure.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

I never saw problems in anything. When Rod asked me to marry him I just thought, Why not? That's what I was like.

I play a cop. I kind of ended up being a bit of a bad cop in it, actually. A pretty crooked cop, pretty dysfunctional.

I rarely go out. I'm devoted to my kids and their well-being. That's why I don't agree with all these people who cart their kids off everywhere on set with them.

I realized I'd been hiding behind alcohol. I wasn't an alcoholic, but I was concerned enough to cut alcohol right out of my life.

I respect my kids, and I hope Howard Stern can respect that as well, because he has children. I guess he doesn't. He was really rude.

I used to go to a therapist three times a week and then go out and be wild. Essentially I lived out my teenage years in the space of about three years.

I was Mrs. Rod Stewart and mother of two, and when I got to 28, I wondered who I was.

I was really fortunate to have a great marriage to Rod. We totally, genuinely wanted to be with each other.

I went out with this boy on the proviso that he didn't tell anybody we were together. The idiot didn't keep his mouth shut. I dumped him. I never went out with a boy from school again.

I will put up with a lot in a relationship, but once a man breaks my trust, I move on.

I worked very hard in my teens and then, at 21, I married Rod, and at 22 I had Renee.

I would get married again if it could be without all the lawyers and stuff.

I would love to come to the U.K. and do a West End show - something like Chicago or The Producers.

I'd definitely want to get married again. I'm very happy in my relationship and I love the idea of being married.

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.

I'd like to sit on my veranda and watch the sun go down.

I'm a dreadful romantic. No matter what I go through in life, I want to fall in love with a man.

I'm a model and, as far as I know, Penny's not.

I'm not aggressive. I'll say, Have a good life, see you later. This is a pattern of behaviour that started when I was 10.

I'm taking lessons to strengthen my voice so that I can cope with singing every night, like I would have to in a West End show.

I'm very girly. I love to talk about diets, exercise, kids, make-up.

If there's this handsome thing there and you start having sex, you're going to want more and more.

It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

It wasn't Rod's fault. He was supportive, but if I hadn't left him I would never have got where I am today. It's taken a long time to say that.

It's great to be in my 30s and have control over my own life.

It's not my side that's giving false stories to the press.

It's one thing to say and do stupid things on the radio, but TV's different. You don't have the protection of the FCC. It's unknown territory.

It's weird, because all I said was, I'm there for your show, totally, but I just don't want cameras. I made it very clear I wasn't going to do that.

Let's just say that for a few years I went out to nightclubs and probably drank too much.

Life goes on. It can throw you a curve ball, but I have learned to get on with it.

Look, if you're on a desert island and you haven't had sex in a while, what can you do about it? Other than pleasure yourself. Of course.

Love is one thing, and impulse is another.

Maybe Rod will see the children while I'm away. I think he's touring at the moment.

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.

My children, I put them above everything, but here I am working on this programme and they are in LA. I miss them terribly.

My children's life is at home. That's where their friends are.

My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

My parents' relationship could be explosive.

My sister Jacqui and I used to go out in the yard and play with our animals. We had all these dogs and I used to run around with them.

My sister told me she hadn't done it for a year. I thought that was a little long.

No matter what, I'll always be there if they need me. That's just the way I deal with stuff.

Of course I'm enjoying my career, but I would've liked to have had a choice.

Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.

People say I was the love of Rod's life.

Poor Liam, my son, is surrounded by women. I want to give him some sense of balance - women being strong, but reinforcing the fact that women are also sensitive.

Rod has such a wicked sense of humour. I loved him very much.

Rod was that much older than me. He knew himself very well.

Sometimes I think I am still that 5-year-old girl playing with her dogs in the yard. That's how I see myself.

Tell me what time and where you want to meet me. That's what I need from a man.

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

They found twelve stylists from all walks of life who were taken through a variety of tasks to see if they have what it takes to be a stylist.

We were shooting in South Africa, and all of a sudden, I saw this snake come out of nowhere. It ripped underneath the truck. This thing was big, like six feet long.

We've both moved on. I respect Rod. I was with him for a long time, so I'm not going to be mean about him. We had a very good marriage.

When my son Liam starts dating, I will be hell. The scary part is, you know how manipulative women can be.

When you do luck out on guys, it's worth it.

When you've met the right person, it all flows.

With men you either fight it, join it or accept it.

Women had to be strong and take the lead all the time, even arranging a date, and because of that we've sacrificed a lot of the romantic side.

Trivia

Rachel has a tattoo on her lower back of the bee logo for her production company Bee Knees.

Rachel’s been the “face” of Cover Girl, Estee Lauder, SI, Revlon, and Pantene.

Rachel was voted “One of the Most Admired Women” in an English poll.

In 2003, Rachel had a SKY ONE camera crew following her for the documentary “Rachel Hunter: Laid Bare,” which followed her work commitments.

Rachel supports the Born Free Foundation, one of the most provocative animal charities, and the Variety Club, which raises billions for children in need.

Rachel was on the 1994 “Dream Team” cover of the Sport’s Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

As of 2006 Rachel is dating Jarret Stoll of Edmonton Oilers.

As of 2006, Rachel lives in L.A, California.

Rachel appeared in several independent movies, including 1999’s A Walk In the Park and 2000’s Two Shades of Blue.

Rachel played the role of Ginger in the reality show "The Real Gilligan's Island."

Rachel was married to Rod Stewart from December 15, 1990 until June 17, 2003 and had two children, Renee (b. 1993) and Liam (b. 1995), with Rod. She was 21 when she married Stewart, who was 24 years her senior.