I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

I was 5' 10 when I was 14, skinny and flat, with huge feet, and I never had a boyfriend.

My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!

I was successful very quickly. I was on the cover of 'Vogue' before I knew it.

I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work.

My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.

Music, art, theater. I'm just a big fan of beauty.

You don't want to wear any styles that are too young... I try to still dress glamorously, but not like my daughters.

I guess I've always been a groupie. My first date was a bull rider called Tommy Lee Bryant. We'd go to the rodeo every Saturday and Sunday. The bull riders were the cool guys.

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.

'Wild Horses' is my favourite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca.

It's ridiculous to imagine you can stay young forever and live forever. It's taking away from young people. There's a beauty and respect in age. Magazines and media are disrespectful of age.

Well, I think mostly we're dressing for men.

People feel like they know you because they've read about you, and people who don't know me seem to have warm feelings about me. I seem to be popular with women. I go into the loo in restaurants, and they all say, 'Oh, I love you.' It's odd, but it's really nice, too.

I was quite nerdy at school. I skipped a year and won a scholarship in chemistry.

I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.

When it comes to clothing, I've got one really hard and fast rule: never wear beige. That's such an old-lady colour.

Texans have in common with Australians, in that they are quite strong, hardy people.

I think crying over spilt milk and being all moody and sulky is really bratty behavior. You shouldn't do it, because it's going to drag you and everyone else around you down.

On my grandmother's chicken farm, they had cows, and they had this big metal container that the cows drank out of, and we used to swim in it. And we used to get into the chicken feed bins and dive through them.

I had always studied French and was obsessed with French films. I hated the way American films always had happy endings. I liked the way French films had dark and unpleasant characters; it was much more realistic.

It's better not to wear too much jewellery - just a couple of nice things, nothing too rattly - and stick to kitten heels or flats. Women let themselves down with tall heels. I think they're kind of vulgar. I see women sinking into grass at outdoor parties or tiptoeing over gravel at weddings. It's silly. You need to be practical.

I always wanted to have a family - that was one of my big wishes. And in school, I'd taken drama, and I'd always wanted to act. I did go to drama school in New York, Los Angeles and London, and I did small parts here and there, but I never really had the time. Modeling was always paying more.

Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.

As far as vanity and wrinkles and things like that, that's a part of life I don't worry about. I put on creams, you know, but don't go mad, and I don't have any kind of treatments. I just live a healthy lifestyle. And staying happy, not getting negative and angry, I think that helps, looking at the positive of everything.

I'm a fan of very, very expensive creams: Creme de la Mer, La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe. I'm a huge fan. They work.

We all know pain doesn't exist without some coexisting depression.

I think it's great to grow up in a small town because you're just dying to break loose.

Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.

People think I'm girlish and flippant, but I was an honours student. I was voted Girl Most Likely To Succeed at North Mesquite High in Texas. My best subject was science. I won a scholarship.

It's really important for children to have good morals and good manners, and that they're thoughtful of other people and that they learn the consequences of their actions.

The problem with cosmetic surgery is that people who have it can only see how they look in the mirror. They don't realise how weird they look from other angles. I particularly hate the injections that puff out the face, which are hideous.

My favorite dancer is Sylvie Guillem.

I've always gotten along best with artists.

I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted.

I'm a bit of a groupie.

I love mysticism - it's such fun.

I have very old-fashioned tastes.

I have done a lot of theater.

My mother taught us the man was the head of the family, but the woman was the neck, and you could turn him any way you like.

When I was 17, I was at La Coupole brasserie, and Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir asked me to join them at their table. They were fascinated that I'd watched their programme on existentialism back home and wanted to understand nothingness and being.

When I was 16 and arrived in France, I discovered chocolate mousse. I was crazy about the bread, too. Every morning, I'd go to the bakery and get a fresh croissant. It made me feel very sophisticated.

The thing I'm most proud of is that I've raised a lot of money for certain charities - breast cancer and the Caldecott Foundation and the NSPCC. But as far as my self-esteem is concerned, doing 'The Graduate' for 11 months was fantastic.

I don't really want to get married. I've got my career, my friends - my life is very, very full. It's nice to go out to dinner with a man and have fun, but I wouldn't rush into anything because I don't think it's right to bring another man into the house with my four children.

Acting and modelling are good, but motherhood is what it's all about.

I really am glad that the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has had the courage to stand up and say that children should not be hit under any circumstances. I am a committed supporter of this campaigning charity for children.

When I started out modelling, people kept warning me that I would only last five years.

Fashion is fun, but it's not that important, really, is it? It's important to have other intellectual and creative interests.

So few people read poetry. That's sad, isn't it?