I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
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 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’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
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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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Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
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I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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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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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 watch her, and you can’t help but notice all of that about her. She’s so influential.
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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 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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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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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 was like: “I’m actually doing this.” And now I feel more confident going into something.
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I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
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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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A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
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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 suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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I dress like a tomboy.
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I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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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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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
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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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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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