Quotes About Modeling

My mom was proud but very hands off. She didn't really know enough about the model industry, and she didn't have the time to stop her life to go chaperone me. I think she trusted me.

The life of a working model in L.A. kind of sucks.

Being one of the angels is one of the few jobs that can totally change someone's life. For example, clients and designers who would have never given you a second look, now sit up and take notice.

Even in normal life, I'm not the skinniest model.

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

Modeling wasn't necessarily what I was into. It's something that you're genetically qualified to do.

When I was crowned the college queen, I got a lot of modeling offers and I did a fair amount of work in Delhi.

I do think that people outside the fashion industry imagine that being a model is what you might call quick, easy money, but it can be very lonely - you have to be quite tough. It's also very physically demanding.

Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.

To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.

I was labelled a jinx. No one wanted to work with me. I was home for about six to eight months without any films. I did modeling. In fact, at one point, I contemplated quitting films. That's when director Ameer called me for 'Paruthiveeran' and I cannot thank him enough for it.

I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.

When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic.

Not many people get to play the lead character in a gigantic film and model for Ralph Lauren; it's amazing.

I wouldn't say films are a natural process after modelling. Films are more complex. There is not much connection between ramp shows and films.

I am a big fan of Sabyasachi and I would definitely love to walk the ramp for him some day.

As a full-time model, exciting opportunities came my way, and I was lucky to be featured in the Kingfisher Calendar 2014. This helped me get noticed, and I bagged assignments to walk the ramp for well-known Indian designers.

It's kind of a funny way to put it, but if you want to study a dynamic economic system, what you'd like to be able to do is focus on the linkages, say, between asset markets and the macro economy without having to model everything at the same time.

For my first acting gig, I was a hand model for a Barbie commercial that was only going to air in Asia. And I was constantly trying to get my face in the shot.

I've always modeled myself after Ginger.

It's a good thing to get a break into the glamour industry.

Standing out for being short is not actually a good thing as a model and it hasn't been a help.

I recently signed on with Lancome, and I guess it's any girl's modeling dream come true. Especially being in a beauty ad, more so because I'm French. There are so many girls out there, and I'm just so flattered they picked me. The Tom Ford fragrance ad was the first thing I did. Black Orchid is my winter scent and of course it has a nostalgic feel.

I was modeling overseas but, during the holiday seasons, summer and winter, I came back to Korea for some time and I took acting lessons for about a month at a time.