Top 40 Elle Macpherson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I don’t have a problem with nudity. I never have. I was born naked. I’d like to buried naked. It’s a way of life in Australia.”

— Elle Macpherson

2. “I feel beautiful when I’m at peace with myself.”

— Elle Macpherson

3. “You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.”

— Elle Macpherson

4. “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

5. “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

6. “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.”

— Elle Macpherson

7. “I try to meditate every morning. It relaxes me, clears my mind, and sets my day off on the right foot before things get too manic.”

— Elle Macpherson

8. “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

9. “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

10. “I come from a country where you don’t wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.”

— Elle Macpherson

11. “G-strings are uncomfortable. Girls want real knickers now.”

— Elle Macpherson

12. “I’ve always found it very difficult to understand the laws as far as nudity in America – how some things are pornographic and some things are not pornographic. It’s against the law to go topless on the beach, but you can go buy a gun. That just seems so absurd to me.”

— Elle Macpherson

13. “I like colourful knickers, but most importantly a great pair of knickers should be taken off with more joy than they were put on.”

— Elle Macpherson

14. “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

15. “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

16. “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.”

— Elle Macpherson

17. “I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn’t ashamed of being tall.”

— Elle Macpherson

18. “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

19. “Underwear is such an emotional thing.”

— Elle Macpherson

20. “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.”

— Elle Macpherson

21. “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

22. “If your wearing lingerie that makes you feel glamorous, you’re halfway thereto turning heads.”

— Elle Macpherson

23. “It was like a big family, since so many of us brought our kids. We all went surfing. It was so relaxed and easy.”

— Elle Macpherson

24. “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

25. “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

26. “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

27. “Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other.”

— Elle Macpherson

28. “I’ve had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.”

— Elle Macpherson

29. “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

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

— Elle Macpherson

31. “As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I’ll keep working.”

— Elle Macpherson

32. “I like to make movies I like to watch.”

— Elle Macpherson

33. “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

34. “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

35. “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.”

— Elle Macpherson

36. “Anyway, I believe you don’t fix the inside by putting something on the outside.”

— Elle Macpherson

37. “Everything I do is about women honouring themselves, treating themselves and taking care of themselves.”

— Elle Macpherson

38. “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

39. “Being a public person doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a piece of meat for everybody.”

— Elle Macpherson

40. “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.”

— Elle Macpherson