Words matter. These are the best Agyness Deyn Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
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.
I’d love to have tea and scones with the Queen; she’s my idol.
I’ve always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.
If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
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.
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!’
I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
I don’t expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.
I dress like a tomboy.
I don’t really go to fashion parties; they’re not my scene.
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.
Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
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!’
Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
I don’t really see myself as a big supermodel.
I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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.
I’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
I don’t have that many friends.
