"I moved there because my daughter Sarah Margaret who was going into the 12th grade at the Professional Children's School in New York, wanted to be in the same place where her sister Rainey was, and Rainey was in L.A., Ms. MacDowell, 68, said, referring to the actress Margaret Qualley and the actress and singer Rainey Qualley. (She also has a son, Justin, who lives in Montana.)"
"Over that decade in Los Angeles, Ms. MacDowell had made a few friends, but I'm a pretty quiet person. It was hard for me to find my place there 100 percent. I felt I had to do more in my life besides wait for my children to need me, said Ms. MacDowell, whose credits include the movies Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Groundhog Day, and Four Weddings and a Funeral."
"A few months after her 65th birthday, she bought a five-bedroom house there, one that overlooked a pond and seemed to disappear into the surrounding maritime forest. No one could see her house; she couldn't see anybody else's house. Ms. MacDowell seems similarly well situated. I've met so many people I can't keep up with them, she said."
"It's just extremely social and that's nice for me, because I'm a single person, added Ms. MacDowell, who has been married and divorced twice. I like being a single person, you know, I enjoy my own company. The whole thing just works for me."
Andie MacDowell moved to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Sarah Margaret, who wanted to live where her sister Rainey was. Over ten years in Los Angeles, she made some friends but felt she had to do more than wait for her children to need her. She later found a better fit on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, a resort area she had visited often. After turning 65, she bought a five-bedroom house overlooking a pond and surrounded by maritime forest. The property offered privacy, with no visibility between neighboring houses. She described the island as extremely social while also enjoying her single life and time alone.
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