"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working"
About this Quote
The second clause is the tell: “as long as I find it interesting.” Macpherson isn’t promising art, reinvention, or even ambition; she’s asserting agency in a system that rarely grants it. Interest becomes her boundary, the one criteria she controls. It’s a subtle rebuttal to the way famous women are expected to justify visibility with moral seriousness or self-deprecation. She doesn’t apologize for continuing. She just sets terms.
Context matters: coming from someone whose fame was built on being seen, the statement is a neat pivot from object to decision-maker. It’s also refreshingly unsentimental about longevity. She’s not declaring eternal relevance; she’s describing a practical feedback loop between audience demand and personal curiosity. The subtext is almost managerial: if the market’s there and the work still sparks something, why stop? In an era that loves comeback narratives, this is closer to maintenance - and that’s precisely why it rings true.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Macpherson, Elle. (2026, January 16). As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-long-as-people-want-to-see-me-in-movies-and-as-110366/
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Macpherson, Elle. "As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-long-as-people-want-to-see-me-in-movies-and-as-110366/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-long-as-people-want-to-see-me-in-movies-and-as-110366/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






