I’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
AGYNESS DEYNI’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
AGYNESS DEYNWell, 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.
AGYNESS DEYNI want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
AGYNESS DEYNFor 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 DEYNTo be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.
AGYNESS DEYNI’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
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.
AGYNESS DEYNFor me, being onstage for an hour and a half, my confidence was really huge for me. Doing eight shows a week for a run.
AGYNESS DEYNI’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
AGYNESS DEYNI’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
AGYNESS DEYNA lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
AGYNESS DEYNWhen 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.
AGYNESS DEYNSomething just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
AGYNESS DEYNLaughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
AGYNESS DEYNI don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
AGYNESS DEYNI’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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