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.
AGYNESS DEYNI’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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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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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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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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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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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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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
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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 just want to do whatever makes me happy…Like being totally conscious. Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do. Being with friends, having fun…being a bit daft.
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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 don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
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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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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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You watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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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’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
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