Even with her jet-setting lifestyle and international fame as a supermodel and actress, Jerry Hall still is proud to be a Texan.

"Texas never leaves you," said Hall, 56, who was in Houston recently for a charity luncheon at Minute Maid Park. "Every woman in my family is member of Daughters of the Republic of Texas. A relative came over from Holland and we never left. We're very patriotic about Texas."

But standing 6 feet tall with her signature long blonde hair locks, Hall stressed concern about the Alamo.

"The Daughters have been running the gift shop and library at the Alamo for years, now they want us to leave. So we started a petition on change.org. The legislature wrote us a commendation saying the Alamo was in good hands. Now they just want us to walk away from our library. Imagine that."

Born in Gonzales, between Houston and San Antonio, Hall's modeling career has spanned more than 30 years, and she's spent the last 15 years acting in theatrical productions, including "The Graduate" and "The Vagina Monologues."

Hall currently lives in London, vacations in the South of France and recently purchased a home in Austin, where her guitarist son, Jimmy Jagger, has played SXSW. Her daughters, Georgia and Elizabeth, both work as fashion models. And her youngest, Gabriel, is in high school and wants to be a history teacher.

"I never told my children what to do," Hall said. "I just said, 'Do something you love because work is hard.' If you love it, it's fun. When I started modeling everyone said, 'You'd be lucky it lasts five years. I started when I was 16. I feel very lucky."

She's also gained media attention for her relationship with ex-husband and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. Hall insists any reports of their squabbles are false. "Mick and I are really great friends. We get along well after 23 years and four children. They make up stories about us arguing, but those are completely untrue. I get on well with his girlfriend and so do the kids. We're quite lucky."

Hall, who writes poetry in her leisure time, also claims she's not that ambitious, though her career speaks to the contrary.

"I never had a plan. I just said 'Yes' to everything. It's gotten me into trouble, too."

Here, Hall riffs on her career, life and style:

On aging: "There's a lot to be said about an older woman, I tell you. Experience, confidence. Us older women know how to do things. Confidence is really important. If you're worried about looking older, that's going to be unattractive. A lot of men like a mature woman."

On staying youthful: "I use a lot of moisturizer. I give myself a thorough olive oil soak every week. I do it in the shower, the bath tub or outside. I just pour a bottle of olive oil on me and stand around rubbing it in. It's the best thing in the world for your skin, nails, eyelashes, everything. I let it stay on as long as I can. In the summer, I can keep it on all day. I also drink a lot of water and get a lot of sleep."

On stress: "Now I'm really enjoying life most. It's less stressful as you get older. You kind of don't give a damn. Everything is just icing on the cake. I do my best, but I don't get stressed out."

On staying in shape: "I don't exercise. I like to garden. I don't like to waste energy on nothing. I like to clean the house and garden. I like housework. You can burn a lot of calories mopping the house."

On photo re-touching in the fashion industry: "I think re-touching is great. I look amazing in pictures. I look better than I did when I was 20. They retouch every line and hair. You don't have to have it perfect any more."

On vices: "I actually like smoking, drinking and coffee, but not too much. Everything within moderation."

On being roommates with Grace Jones early in her career: "We're still great friends. She lives in London and comes over for Christmas. We used to share hotel room but we got kicked out of all these hotels because we made too much noise, too many people over late at night."

On her style: "I like the B-movie starlet look. That hasn't change. Skin-tight skirts, tight tops, a little bit naughty."

On men: "Men like fishnet tights and push up bras. It's not that elegant, is it? They like tight skirts and high heels, but not those ridiculous ones." Stripper-ish heels? "Stripper-ish sounds good," she said, laughing.

On having fun: "Nothing's more fun than a good man."

On life's regrets: "Not a single one. I'm sure I behaved naughty sometimes."

When asked to share a "naughty" story, Hall quipped: "Well, it wouldn't be very naughty if I told it."