{"id":262505,"date":"2026-09-11T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/cindy-crawford-reflects-on-her-learning-experiences\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:05:08","slug":"cindy-crawford-reflects-on-her-learning-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/cindy-crawford-reflects-on-her-learning-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Cindy Crawford reflects on her &#8216;learning experiences&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-09-11\" datetime=\"1789164308\" pubdate=\"\">11 September 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/cindy-crawford\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,cindy-crawford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cindy Crawford<\/a>&#8216;s short-lived acting career was one of her biggest &#8220;learning experiences&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Cindy Crawford has reflected on her acting career<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old model landed a handful of acting roles in the 90s, including Fair Game, the 1995 action-thriller film, and 54, the 1998 drama film, and Cindy now admits that she learned a lot from those experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The model said at the Forbes Power Women\u2019s Summit: &#8220;I think even the things that you try and that maybe don\u2019t succeed in the way that you hope they would, they\u2019re still learning experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy also revealed the quirky way that her first acting job came her way.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;As a model and you\u2019re on the cover of magazines, like all of a sudden you\u2019re getting scripts sent to you and people maybe wanna act.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And actually the first time I got an audition, they handed me a script and [said] \u2018Can you read this?\u2019 And I just started reading it and it was with [director] Mike Nichols, and he\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, well, you can read.\u2019 Like, he didn\u2019t say, \u2018Can you act this?\u2019 And I\u2019m a very literal person. So I was like, \u2018Oh, he meant, like, I should actually perform this. I wish he would\u2019ve said that.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nCindy recalled being &#8220;raked over the coals&#8221; for her on-screen performances. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe brunette beauty ultimately realised that she&#8217;s better suited to modelling.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I realised in doing that film, I\u2019m very comfortable in front of the camera being Cindy Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;As soon as you try to put words in my mouth that aren\u2019t me, I couldn\u2019t even believe it &#8230; for me professionally, it was like, \u2018I can shut that road.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nCindy found quitting acting to be &#8220;freeing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe explained: &#8220;It helped me double my efforts in the things that I do like and that I can feel comfortable and I feel like I\u2019m good at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Cindy previously revealed that she doesn&#8217;t give unsolicited advice to her children.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe model &#8211; who has Presley, 27, and Kaia, 25, with her husband, Rande Gerber &#8211; told the Kelly Corrigan Wonders: About Your Mother podcast: &#8220;They know if they ask me, they\u2019re going to get my real opinion. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But if they don\u2019t ask me \u2026 I really try hard, and I\u2019m probably about 70 percent good at this \u2026 I try not to offer unsolicited advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/cindy-crawford-reflects-learning-experiences-1450482.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 September 2026 Cindy Crawford&#8216;s short-lived acting career was one of her biggest &#8220;learning experiences&#8221;. 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