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.
AGYNESS DEYNI was obsessed with those films in my teens. I remember watching ‘Badlands’ and being amazed that there were these scenes in which nobody said anything and the silence told the whole story.
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Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
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I’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
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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 feel what is really great about Pusher is that it wasn’t about drugs and guns and strippers. That was just all circumstantial.
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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 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 definitely believe that love conquers all, yes.
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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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I just want to do whatever makes me happy…Like being totally conscious. Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do. Being with friends, having fun…being a bit daft.
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When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought,
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I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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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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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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You watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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