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 think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world, which is kind of quite scary.
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I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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You can never become that thing, because it’s such a projection.
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I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
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I dress like a tomboy.
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For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.
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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 get on with all my exes, so there’s nothing I need to forget about. I don’t know – life is shorter than it seems.
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I feel like every project that I’ve been doing, I’ve learned something about myself. It’s like I’ve cracked something, or my vision of myself has gotten wider.
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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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Anyone would be up for a little bit of a change. It is so rewarding to do a movie, and so enjoyable. It’s hard work, but really wonderful.
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I don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
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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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I suppose I have stopped modeling officially. I’ve not done any for a good long while now.
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Being such a tomboy growing up, that was one thing that changed me as a person, as well. It broadened me, like me cracking myself open in a certain way.
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