Zitat des Tages von Lily Cole:
I think models have a lot less power than they did in the '80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there's so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.
I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.
There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there.
In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.
I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.
Life is shining a light through a magnifying glass on me, looking for me to stumble. I think that's my biggest fear.
I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever.
I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine.
I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.
Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.
I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life.
I love beautiful things; I like having nice clothes, and I can appreciate why other people do - but I've also started to learn more about the impact of what we buy: how things are made, how much you buy and the quality of everything.
As users of the Internet, we all have a role to play in defining what we want it to be.
Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.
I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.
It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids.
People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.
I love modeling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life.
There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.
The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid.
There is a degree of role-playing in modeling, for sure, and you're also in a high-profile job - there are lots of similarities for sure. But when I'm acting, I've got to try and be present, and I've got to be emotionally committed to a character, both physically and intellectually.
I'm just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!
