Please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over!’
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.
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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 dress like a tomboy.
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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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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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I’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
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I feel what is really great about Pusher is that it wasn’t about drugs and guns and strippers. That was just all circumstantial.
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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 want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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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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I’d like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.
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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’m not the new anything; I’m just Agyness.
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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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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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Well, 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.
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For 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.
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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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Every single thing is like a new thing, so it’s never what I expect.
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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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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 wish it were different, but my body clock wakes me up between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. I was even talking yesterday about how, if I want to get enough sleep, I have to be in bed at 10. That means I’m totally a grandma.
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I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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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 never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
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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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I definitely believe that love conquers all, yes.
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