Please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over!’
AGYNESS DEYNNot 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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It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That’s how I feel about Meryl Streep.
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For me, being onstage for an hour and a half, my confidence was really huge for me. Doing eight shows a week for a run.
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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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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 was like: “I’m actually doing this.” And now I feel more confident going into something.
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I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
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You know, even though I’m in fashion, I don’t, like, do fashion. Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
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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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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 definitely believe that love conquers all, yes.
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I love ‘Breathless,’ and ‘Paris, Texas,’ and ‘Badlands.’
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Well, I suppose I’ve never really had a lifestyle that needs upkeep. I don’t get cabs; I’m on the Tube with my Oyster card.
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I don’t really go to fashion parties; they’re not my scene.
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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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I 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’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
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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 can’t just settle for anybody. The fact is I’m choosy, but mainly about a man’s character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don’t even mind if he’s not very good-looking.
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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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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 don’t really see myself as a big supermodel.
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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 suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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I’m not the new anything; I’m just Agyness.
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