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.
AGYNESS DEYNI think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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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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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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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 want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
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You can never become that thing, because it’s such a projection.
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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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Every single thing is like a new thing, so it’s never what I expect.
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I’d like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.
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When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought,
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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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Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
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I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships.
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I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
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I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry.
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I dress like a tomboy.
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I don’t really go to fashion parties; they’re not my scene.
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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 don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
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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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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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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’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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