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 can’t do modeling disconnected. And I thought, “What do I like? What do I love about modeling?”
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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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I’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’m not the new anything; I’m just Agyness.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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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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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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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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When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought,
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I dont have that many friends.
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I don’t really go to fashion parties; they’re not my scene.
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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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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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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.
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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 had a really small role (playing goddess Aphrodite), and I was only working for just over a week with Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson.
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