98 Quotes by Marie Helvin

I always wear the same thing: a tight white shirt - I have about 50 - and tight black trousers.

My sister Naomi and I always wanted to go to Tahiti. We planned a fantastic holiday to visit several islands, but at the last moment, Naomi cancelled. It was the first time I'd holidayed alone, and it was absolutely the best.

I've been lucky: my Japanese genes - from my mother's side - and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.

I try to be as positive as I can because I truly believe I am my feelings, and if I'm sad, if I have regrets, they will show up as illnesses, they will show up as cancers... I don't want that.

The fact is, after a certain age, high heels can feel as painful as someone sticking hot pins into the soles of your feet.

I sometimes overeat or drink too much, but I don't eat chocolate, and I gave up smoking when I was 39.

When I do wear heels, I prefer to only wear them to dinner, where I'll be sitting down most of the time.

For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I'm in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I'm still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.

I had a very spoilt childhood. Not that my family were incredibly wealthy, but we lived on the beautiful island of Hawaii where everything was lush and in abundance.