Quotes by Model | Beyond Motive 12/15

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Quotes by Model

"I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack."

"I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself to get this sweet angel, Jack."

Christie Brinkley, American Model

23

"Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great."

"Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great."

Nafisa Joseph, Indian Model

Time, People, Being, Fun

23

"In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made."

"In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made."

Caprice Bourret, American Model

23

"Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it."

"Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Talent, Job, Now

23

"I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men."

"I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men."

Jules Asner, American Model

Men, Funny, Self

23

"To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful."

"To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful."

Bess Myerson, American Model

23

"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."

"Sometimes I get lonely, but it's nice to be alone."

Tatjana Patitz, German Model

Loneliness, Lonely

23

"I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot."

"I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

23

"When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous."

"When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous."

Katie Price, english Model

23

"I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free."

"I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free."

Rachel Hunter, New Zealander Model

23

"I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more."

"I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

Life, Money, Famous

23

"Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker."

"Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

23

"There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are."

"There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Dream, Dreams, People, Goals

23

"I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that."

"I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that."

Catherine Bell, British Model

23

"I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars."

"I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

23

"I have a very vivid imagination."

"I have a very vivid imagination."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

23

"People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it."

"People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it."

Kate Moss, English Model

Success, People, Pretty

23

"I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me."

"I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me."

Anna Nicole Smith, American Model

23

"I have so many goals."

"I have so many goals."

Tyra Banks, American Model

22

"Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day."

"Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

22

"My whole career - I have been really lucky."

"My whole career - I have been really lucky."

Caprice bourret, American Model

22

"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working."

"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Movies, People, Want

22

"I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others."

"I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

22

"No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!"

"No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!"

Lauren Hutton, American Model

Change, Love, Work, Children

22

"I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don't know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh."

"I guess now that I think back, I used to play priest and be a funny priest. I don't know, I grew up in such a Catholic family that I kind of liked to test the boundaries a little bit and I think I had fun watching my mom laugh."

Jenny McCarthy, American Model

Family, Funny, Mom, Now

22

"There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best."

"There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best."

Petra Nemcova, Czechoslovakian Model

Love, Chance, Will

22

"I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare."

"I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare."

Kate Moss, English Model

Day, End, First, London

22

"For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out."

"For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out."

Karen McDougal, American Model

Music, Play, Stars, Talk

22

"I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that."

"I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Thought, College

22

"I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school."

"I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school."

Catherine Bell, British Model

Clothes, Cute, Hair, Makeup

22

"You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my calendar full."

"You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my calendar full."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Love, Time, Right

22

"I love to go bungee jumping, jump out of planes, ride motorbikes, do kickboxing. I love all that stuff."

"I love to go bungee jumping, jump out of planes, ride motorbikes, do kickboxing. I love all that stuff."

Catherine Bell, British Model

22

"In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history."

"In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history."

Lauren Hutton, American Model

History, First, World

22

"Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face."

"Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face."

Lauren Hutton, American Model

22

"It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am."

"It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Woman, Women, Right, Vanity

22

"I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time."

"I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time."

Samantha Fox, English Model

Time, Death, God, First

22

"Well, I guess, but I just feel so strong. Actually, it was probably when I was 50 that we were trying to - to get pregnant, and I thought that I could do it then."

"Well, I guess, but I just feel so strong. Actually, it was probably when I was 50 that we were trying to - to get pregnant, and I thought that I could do it then."

Cheryl Tiegs, American Model

Thought, Trying

22

"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."

"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Work, Boston, Pregnancy

22

"I look at my first appointment book from 1965 and I get dizzy. I was constantly in a phone booth calling photographers."

"I look at my first appointment book from 1965 and I get dizzy. I was constantly in a phone booth calling photographers."

Lauren Hutton, American Model

22

"I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business."

"I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business."

Kate Moss, English Model

Business, Forget

22

"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."

"I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

Work, Land, Sleep

22

"I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with."

"I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Love, Work, Fun

22

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Wife, Support, Trying

22

"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."

"You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Business, End, Facts, Feeling

22

"During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet."

"During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

Time, Day, Evening, Fact

22

"People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything."

"People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

People, Fashion, Film, Nothing

22

"After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to be."

"After the first miscarriage, I tried to take the attitude that it was my body's way of telling me that this pregnancy wasn't meant to be."

Christie Brinkley, American Model

Attitude, Body, First, Pregnancy

22

"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"

"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Love, Feeling, Want

22

"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."

"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, American Model

22

"I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement."

"I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement."

Bridget Hall, American Model

22

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