I think it’s always good to learn a craft from scratch the real way, so that you’ve learned it from the basis, the raw bones, and then you have that to fall back on. I personally wouldn’t want it any other way.
NAOMI CAMPBELLI’ve been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I’d be over and out.
More Naomi Campbell Quotes
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I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.
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What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.
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I live my life day by day, and that’s how I continue to live it.
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The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.
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The word reality scared me. I just looked at reality as everybody follows me around with a camera, and I’m not that kind of person. I fought for my privacy in England. And I didn’t see another way it could be done.
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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Look, you have to make mistakes. That’s how you learn and that’s how the world works.
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You better check your lipstick before you come and talk to me.
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It’s a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don’t like is predictable.
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You see all races in music, and in dance and theatre, so why can’t we see it in fashion?
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I was always told to avoid being famous just for being famous. That’s something that has always stuck in my mind. I like to work. It helps if you like what you do.
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In fact, I don’t read newspapers any longer.
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Nothing’s ever come easy to me and nothing ever will and that’s okay. I’m used to that. I go with the challenges. I roll with the punches.
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I’m not going to wallow in self-pity and not live my life. There are always going to be some falls in life for everybody, no matter what career you have. You have to roll with the punches and keep going.
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I love England, especially the food. There’s nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.
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