Quotes tagged ‘models’

“They were threatened by this movement. I cried to my mom and I asked her what I was doing wrong and she just told me, 'No, they’re mad because you’re doing something right.'”

— Phoebe Pojo, collective.world

“You don’t actually get paid that much at the start. You expect this romanticized reality where you have bookings every day and you are making tons of money. That is not the case. The truth is these bookings aren’t regular at all.”

— Anonymous, thehhub.com

“Male models were seen as narcissistic, unintelligent, and less serious than peers of theirs who pursued more traditional careers like banking, law, and medicine.”

— Bianca Sparacino, thehhub.com

“Modelizers are obsessed not with women but with models, who in most cities are safely confined to billboards and magazines, but in Manhattan actually run wild on the streets, turning the city into a virtual model country safari where men can pet the creatures in their natural habitat.”

— Darren Star, Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, imdb.com

“Women go after doctors like men go after models. They want someone with knowledge of the body; we just want the body.”

— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“Models will always be around. It's a question of: Will they be on film? Will they only be seen on iPads? I suspect they'll always be seen live, too, as long as stores have to buy clothes.”

— Calvin Klein, interviewmagazine.com

“Taking pretty pictures of pretty people is almost as boring as landscape photography.”

— Jesse Herzog, twitter.com

“Historical observations give us a lot of insight into how climate changes and are an important test of our climate models, but there is no perfect analog for the changes that are coming.’”

— Peter Huybers, seas.harvard.edu

“I would like them to understand that we (transgender) are people. We’re human beings, and this is a human life. This is reality for us, and all we ask for is acceptance and validation for what we say that we are. It’s a basic human right.”

— Andreja Pejic, vogue.com

“Me: I'll send you a mood board and work out exact location in the mean time. Model: Amazing! Me: My dog died today Model: Amazing!!”

— Amos Haley, twitter.com

“When women looked at magazine ads featuring models, their self-esteem dropped like a lead sinker. Remind yourself that fashion models and beauty pageant contestants are unnaturally thin.”

— Megan Othersen Gorman, prevention.com

“I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy.”

— Chloe Sevigny, huffingtonpost.com

“Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met.”

— Miranda Kerr, huffingtonpost.com

“Blow a kiss.”

— Erika Harwood, mtv.com

“Stick your tongue out.”

— Erika Harwood, mtv.com

“Do they think models size 6 and above can't make it to the end of the runway without stopping midway for a burrito? Enough, enough with these waifish elves walking your impossible clothing down an ugly runway with ugly lighting and noisy music. Life doesn't look like that runway.”

— Amy Schumer, amazon.com

“Feelin' myself.”

— Alexis Ren, instagram.com

“Starving yourself to compete with all of those skinny celebrities who spend half their lives checking in and out of rehab is not only a completely unreasonable and unattainable goal, but will only end up making you sick.”

— Alyson Noël, amazon.com

“Even the models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.”

— Cheri K. Erdman, amazon.com