“I think we come from a society where there’s a great deal of emphasis placed on physical beauty, and as I’ve hit the age that I’ve hit, I’ve felt that the only times that I felt personally attractive or alive—it’s the feeling of aliveness that makes you feel beautiful, and in being fully immersed and engaged… with something that you truly love doing… you feel immortal that way.”

Madeleine Stowe, People Magazine’s Top 10 World’s Most Beautiful People