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.
AGYNESS DEYNI 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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I don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
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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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I 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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I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
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I definitely believe that love conquers all, yes.
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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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I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
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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.
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I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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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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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’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
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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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A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
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Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
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Anyone would be up for a little bit of a change. It is so rewarding to do a movie, and so enjoyable. It’s hard work, but really wonderful.
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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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It is captivating, isn’t it? England has such a great scene of electronic music, and I think that was very prominent in Pusher, and the nightlife was the beat of the film.
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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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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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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’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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When 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.
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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 think that you can’t fake doing the job. All I want to do is deliver. That’s my focus.
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