Quotes from Naomi Campbell

I don't like workouts that make you bulky.

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

I don't worry about a number. I'm fine with aging.

The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles, but I had on thick tights underneath.

I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.

I love mentoring young girls. I've always been like that.

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find another way to get my 'yes.' But I'm a loyal person.

If you have to talk to more than three people about the same problem, you don't want help, you want attention.

Gluttony? I could eat and eat and eat and eat and eat. I'd love to pig out on gluten. I mean, I'm allergic to gluten, but I really want to do that. I want to sit in bed one day and just pig out.

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

I dream of a world liberated of all diseases. Ignorance also upsets me a lot. How can one calmly look at the pictures from Rwanda and not instantly want to take action and try to ease the suffering?

I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.

Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.

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.

I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.

There is only going to be one Kate Moss. Kate is an icon.

What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.

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.

Life's too short to bullshit.

Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the girls she found, and she took a picture of me one day in my school uniform, and it all kind of started from there.

I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.

I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.

I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.