Julia Restoin Roitfeld Quotes

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

Actors do like watching girls parade down the runway for some reason.

It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover.

I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.

At the end of the '90s, I was very bored with the usual models, so I discovered a new generation that impressed me with their fresh look. I still keep working with models like Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss, and I am still looking for new, interesting faces. Life is about discovery, and you should never stop searching.

Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.

Me, I'm good at nothing but walking on the set with a pretty dress.

Age is not a taboo in the fashion industry. One should learn what to wear to look good at any age.

I love being photographed, I love the ramp.

I'm not really a model.

I don't wear much makeup, except during work. I felt lucky to be chosen to be a model. I used to joke, 'The next best thing to winning the lottery is having a beauty contract.'

On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

I like Victoria Beckham - she has really good taste. Also, Natasha Poly, Miranda Kerr, and Alessandra Ambrosio. They know how to dress effortlessly sexy, but still cool.

I'm a real girly-girl.

I was twelve years old when I started reading 'Vogue.'

I used to switch up my cologne every two to three months, get a new wave - Dolce, Versace, Burberry. But Black Orchid, that joint stayed. That's the smell of beauty that stays on you... and girls love Tom Ford.

If you're a model, you're supposed to know how to walk, aren't you?

If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.

I'm like the Russian Tyra Banks.

You definitely need to have red lipstick no matter what. You can have a great outfit, but it will always give you that extra little pop. I also love perfume. It doesn't even matter what the perfume is. I like to smell sweet.

While in Paris, I got into modeling - photographers would literally stop me on the street.

I don't think I picked up a 'Vogue' until I was, like, 16.

Besties Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne have lot in common. They are both beautiful It Brits with impressive modeling chops - and matching half-heart tattoos that symbolize their unbreakable bond.

I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some.

Everybody would like to be on the cover of 'Vogue.'