Monica Bellucci Quotes

When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.

It's really hard work being a model.

So many girls trying to be models, like, 'Oh my god, I want to be a model!' Nobody really knows the reality of it. It's a lot of hard work, but at the same time, it's a lot of fun.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

I had already been approached to do modeling, but in the beginning, I didn't want to hear of it. Then, after two months of delivering pizza, I changed my mind, and I presented myself at the agency.

I want to be a big model. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I believe that will be one day I do it perfectly!

Not every model wants to be an actress.

I see girls that I know - I absolutely know - will be star models within just a matter of weeks, and they always are.

I will definitely hook up my daughter if she decides to be a model.

I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.

The life of a model is so varied that I never know what will be happening from one week to the next.

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

I think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outside to be a glamorous industry and I was really into fashion, and I remember just being excited and wanting to be part of that.

I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.

I have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible.

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

When I started out modelling, people kept warning me that I would only last five years.

When I was little, I never wanted to be a model or really thought of doing this job. I'm from a small city, Yongzhou Hunan in the south of China - not a big place for fashion.

I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.

I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it.

I want to carry on modelling for years to come.

At 16 years old, I was signed to my very first modeling agency. That was my first real introduction to the entertainment industry. It really opened my eyes to a world that was available to me.

A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.

A lot of girls that work really hard and have had long careers, and stay grounded. I love Carolyn Murphy, she is gorgeous. All the VS Angels! They work super hard and have the sweetest personalities.