Quotes from Irina Shayk

My mom, she's a great cook. You know, pirogue, borscht. I love borscht, and I love Pilemeni, meat dumplings.

For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts.

The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.

I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.

I'm always sad to leave paradise, but I leave behind the hopes of coming again soon.

I'm a model, but I love to eat.

I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15.

Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.

If you want to eat chocolate or cakes, you have to eat it in the morning, for breakfast or lunch - don't eat it in the night.

I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side.

I've felt ugly and insecure.

I spend time doing cardio because it makes me feel good.

I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side. I've felt ugly and insecure.

I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years!

Of course I want to have a family, but there's a right time for everything. When my time comes, it will happen.

I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That's something I would love to do.

I don't believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they're boys, not men.

I believe women should be independent and have their own life. But I also think that when a couple decides to have a family, things change because you need to live in unison.

When it comes to lingerie, there are no rules. I feel the sexiest when I'm myself, no hair, no makeup.

At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive.

I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.

My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.

Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.

I hate morning workout I'm a night person more. But it's good to work out in the mornings because then you can have all day free.