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.
AGYNESS DEYNI suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
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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 think that you can’t fake doing the job. All I want to do is deliver. That’s my focus.
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My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I’d be like, ‘Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!
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I can’t just settle for anybody. The fact is I’m choosy, but mainly about a man’s character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don’t even mind if he’s not very good-looking.
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I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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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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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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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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You watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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I feel like every project that I’ve been doing, I’ve learned something about myself. It’s like I’ve cracked something, or my vision of myself has gotten wider.
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