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.
AGYNESS DEYNI can’t do modeling disconnected. And I thought, “What do I like? What do I love about modeling?”
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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 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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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 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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Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
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I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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I can’t just settle for anybody. The fact is I’m choosy, but mainly about a man’s character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don’t even mind if he’s not very good-looking.
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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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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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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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I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
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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’m not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I’m just going in and doing the job.
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Please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over, please don’t fall over!’
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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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