Irina Shayk Quotes

Once Playboy came to me, all the preachers ran. I needed to pose in Playboy to make money.

I don't consider myself a sex symbol.

People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.

Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother.

I don't want people to think of me as sexy.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.

I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

I can't be described as a sex symbol; I think it's ridiculous.

It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.

Of course I'm going to be labeled as a sex symbol. I made my bed, and I'm sleeping in it.

People used to come knocking on my door saying, 'Your trouble is that you're a sex symbol who doesn't do enough sexy things.' I'd say to myself, 'You think that if you pressure me I'll fold.' But if I did it, all it would mean is that I sold out.

I don't think it would be dignified.

Wonder Woman is not sufficiently dressed.

I'm proud of my dad's name. But I'm not running on my dad's name. I'm running on my dad's values.

Some forms of veil are justified by the idea that you're not tempting men. Well how about men just behaving and keeping their hands to yourselves? How about, instead of criticizing how I dress, respecting me and my right to the public space?

There's almost a Rorschach-test quality about writing about 'Playboy'. What comes out in the press is not so much about me as it is about society.

Not proud. But I watched 'The Bachelor' only once, and I really felt, after that experience, that I could never do it again. I felt it was so morally compromising, as a woman.