Agyness Deyn Quotes

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. You can never become that thing, because it's such a projection.

Agyness Deyn

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• I love 'Breathless,' and 'Paris, Texas,' and 'Badlands.' 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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• 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'd love to have tea and scones with the Queen; she's my idol.

  

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• I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

  

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• 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've always been really private about my personal life. I don't talk about it.

  

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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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• When you're young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, 'This is totally the truth', 'cos you don't know any difference, so there's a real confidence in your way of thinking.

  

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  • Thinking
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  • Truth

• 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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  • Life
  • World
  • Travel

• I dress like a tomboy.

  

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• Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

  

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• I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.

  

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  • Women
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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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  • Life
  • Friends
  • Fun

• Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff.

  

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  • Work
  • Fashion

• When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought, 'Please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over!'

  

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  • Fall
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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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  • Strong
  • Relationship
  • Independent

• I don't have that many friends.

  

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  • Friends

• I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.

  

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• I've always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.

  

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• I don't really go to fashion parties; they're not my scene.

  

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  • Fashion

• Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.

  

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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. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.

  

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  • Help
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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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• 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. You can never become that thing, because it's such a projection.

  

  Agyness Deyn
  • Society