I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
AGYNESS DEYNI don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
AGYNESS DEYNFor 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.
AGYNESS DEYNI think that you can’t fake doing the job. All I want to do is deliver. That’s my focus.
AGYNESS DEYNI’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
AGYNESS DEYNI’d like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.
AGYNESS DEYNYou watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
AGYNESS DEYNWhen I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought,
AGYNESS DEYNBeing 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.
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 DEYNAnd 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 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 know I’m no Whitney Houston.
AGYNESS DEYNIt 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.
AGYNESS DEYNI felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
AGYNESS DEYNI want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
AGYNESS DEYNEvery single thing is like a new thing, so it’s never what I expect.
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