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.
AGYNESS DEYNIf you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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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 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 don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
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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 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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Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
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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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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 think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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Every single thing is like a new thing, so it’s never what I expect.
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I’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
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It will appeal to girls who are confident and have a strong personal expression of style and identity in the way that they dress and what this says about themselves.
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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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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’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
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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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You can never become that thing, because it’s such a projection.
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Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
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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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I can’t do modeling disconnected. And I thought, “What do I like? What do I love about modeling?”
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I dont have that many friends.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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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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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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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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