Modeling Quotes - Page 13

• My first modeling job in Paris, the photographer said, 'Tue es belle,' which means, 'you are pretty,' and I thought he said, 'Tu es poubelle,' which means, 'you are the trash can.' I burst into tears. He was not happy about that.

  Rachel Nichols

  Jobs, Mean, Paris

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• I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Clothes, Done, Stylist

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.

  Carre Otis

  Doctors, Years, Malnutrition

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• I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling.

  Naomi Judd

  Daughter, Mother, Powerful

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• Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.

  Carre Otis

  Anorexia, Demand, Disease

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• I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.

  Lauren Hutton

  Years

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• I kind of look at my modeling career and the Alfred Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.

  Tippi Hedren

  Years, Careers, Looks

  "Tippi Hedren, ‘The Birds’ Star: Alfred Hitchcock Ruined My Career" by John Stephens, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 07, 2012.

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• There was really no friendship in modeling, though a certain amount of warmth comes from running into models you know on shoots, because you end up in so many unfamiliar places, from Alaska to Africa.

  Carol Alt

  Running, Alaska, Ends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull.

  Kevyn Aucoin

  Modeling Industry, Dull, Faces

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• A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Teacher, Memories, Latin

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• I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Jobs, School, Light

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• When I started out modeling, there weren’t casting directors and there weren’t stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then...

  Naomi Campbell

  Directors, Stylist, Casting

  Interview Magazine Intreview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Money, Party, Simple

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• The Hollywood lifestyle was just overwhelming. A party here, an interview there, magazine and modeling shoots daily, your face everywhere and girls throwing themselves at you. As great as it felt at the time, I still felt something missing, and that I needed to change.

  Kirk Cameron

  Girl, Party, Missing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I’ve been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I’m not going to work against my people. They’ve suffered enough.

  Naomi Campbell

  Jobs, Taken, Years

  Interview with Tony Shafrazi, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Well, when I started modeling in the mid-'80s, the girls who did shows did shows, and the girls who did magazines did magazines. That's what was understood.

  Naomi Campbell

  Girl, Magazines, Shows

  Interview with Tony Shafrazi, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2010.

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• The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.

  Janice Dickinson

  Makeup, Magazines, Actresses

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• The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.

  Drake

  Girl, Singers, Driven

  "The GQ&A: Drake". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. November 11, 2011.

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• A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up.

  Jodi Picoult

  Marriage, Giving Up, Mean

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• The most mortifying fact of my life is something that happened when I was fourteen and I have never admitted to anyone: not to friends nor therapists; not even in rehab when we were detailing our own personal spirals of shame did I confess. It is this: I am a graduate of the Barbizon School of Modeling.

  Augusten Burroughs

  School, Rehab, Facts

  Augusten Burroughs (2004). “Magical Thinking: True Stories”, p.36, Macmillan

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• L.A. kills people.' Jacaranda said. 'You're lucky you're leaving. You'll be able to write.' She looked paler, going through another depression, smoking in bed in her lilac room. The walls were the color of her veins. She was getting too thin, even for the modeling. . .Jacaranda died last winter when the flowering trees were bare. You couldn't even tell which ones once cried the purple blossoms she named herself after.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Wall, Writing, Winter

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• So say I’m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'I’m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I could feel myself blushing. 'I can’t do that,' I said. 'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think I’m not a good role-player?' 'No,' I said. 'It’s just–' 'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.' I just looked at him. 'I just… It’s weird.' 'No, it’s hard. But not impossible. Just try it.' A week earlier, I hadn’t even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mom, Mother, Believe

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• When I was a girl I creeped in the boys locker room
  Hide deep inside, it was my little creep stalker room
  As they disrobed I was oogling & oggling
  Little did they know that for me they were modeling

  Nicki Minaj

  Girl, Flirty, Boys

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• I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.

  Freida Pinto

  Jobs, India, Enjoy

  Interview with Tim Blanks, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2011.

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• A vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43]

  Donella Meadows

  Vision, Pages, Path

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