I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
AGYNESS DEYNModelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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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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I get on with all my exes, so there’s nothing I need to forget about. I don’t know – life is shorter than it seems.
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You can never become that thing, because it’s such a projection.
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When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought,
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I definitely believe that love conquers all, yes.
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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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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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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 want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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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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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 didn’t hate it, but I was yearning to do something different. I was on a gradient. It was a gradual thing.
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Everything about acting drives me and gives me the need to really try it. It’s an evolution – doing the same thing for 12 years is kind of a chunk.
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I suppose I have stopped modeling officially. I’ve not done any for a good long while now.
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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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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 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’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
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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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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 think that you can’t fake doing the job. All I want to do is deliver. That’s my focus.
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Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
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I suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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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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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.
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