Andie MacDowell Quotes

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

If people say Rani Mukerji recommended me, than I have no issue. If someone says that, then I enjoy that kind of news. I don't mind people writing such stories.

It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too.

The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.

I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.

You can't ask the press to service you with everything that they have and not expect some of the other stuff in return if you're going to live your life like I have.

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them.

The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.

I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.

When I came out of college, shoe companies can identify marketable people, and I think I was identified as someone who could potentially move some units and merchandise.

I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.

I never really saw myself doing a Super Bowl promo.

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press.

Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they're going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.

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.

I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons - for my work. To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.