Andie MacDowell Quotes

Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.

My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.

I saw I wasn't an ingenue like Debbie Reynolds.

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.

I got to work with Ingrid Bergman, and it was a wonderful experience.

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt.

My four friends were John Kerr, who became a star, Paul Newman, Jimmy Dean, and Jack Lemmon.

When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.'

Sophia Loren is glamorous.

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.'

My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor.

Bette Davis is my hero. I'm obsessed with her. I base everything I do on her.

I don't think I was ever as fascinated or have had so much respect for anybody like James Cagney.

Doris Day was the perfect woman.

I love Meryl Streep.

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I didn't think I'd do movies in Los Angeles. I never thought it would happen. In fact, it was not a fantasy. For me, I said, 'If ever I go there, they will ask me to do 'Legally Blonde 5.'

I've made $50 million over the years as a movie star, if you'll pardon the expression, and I've given most of it to the bookies.

All I ever wanted was a successful career as an actress.

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

I always wanted to be in movies, but I never thought that in a million years there would be a documentary about my life.

I would love to do a biopic on Madhubala. She was very pretty. I really admire her.