And what I love is that it’s such a creative process, with a bunch of people, and I wanted that more, which is how the acting thing came about.
AGYNESS DEYNI’m all alone. There has been no man in my life for several months now and although it would be nice to have a boyfriend.
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I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I’d go into a shoot, there’d be all these dresses, and I’d say to myself, ‘Okay, this isn’t me. It’s somebody else. So, who is this person?’ Acting is the next level of that.
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You watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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I suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I’d be like, ‘Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!
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Please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over!’
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I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
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I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
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Everything about acting drives me and gives me the need to really try it. It’s an evolution – doing the same thing for 12 years is kind of a chunk.
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I’d done a few short films before and thought acting was really creative, but when I worked with those guys, I was just like: “Wow!” They had such fun and freedom. They were trying things and stretching themselves. It was so inspiring that I was like: “I definitely want to do this!”
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I’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
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I was like: “I’m actually doing this.” And now I feel more confident going into something.
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I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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It is captivating, isn’t it? England has such a great scene of electronic music, and I think that was very prominent in Pusher, and the nightlife was the beat of the film.
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Not just in modeling, but in society, there’s so much pressure about what a woman should be, and, of course, it’s just so unobtainable.
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I dont have that many friends.
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When you’re young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, ‘This is totally the truth’, ‘cos you don’t know any difference, so there’s a real confidence in your way of thinking.
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I didn’t hate it, but I was yearning to do something different. I was on a gradient. It was a gradual thing.
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I can’t do modeling disconnected. And I thought, “What do I like? What do I love about modeling?”
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I think that you can’t fake doing the job. All I want to do is deliver. That’s my focus.
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I don’t expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.
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Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
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I dress like a tomboy.
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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.
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