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!
AGYNESS DEYNNot 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 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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I suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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I dont have that many friends.
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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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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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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 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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Being such a tomboy growing up, that was one thing that changed me as a person, as well. It broadened me, like me cracking myself open in a certain way.
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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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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 know I’m no Whitney Houston.
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I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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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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You watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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