Carine Roitfeld Quotes

Because I was the first super-elite, the press caught on and started calling me a supermodel. So in that sense, I guess I'm the first. But, in my opinion, there were girls that could have been called supermodels before that, if the term was in existence.

I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.

I'm the male Kate Moss.

I can remember years ago, when Kate Moss first came around and there were so many articles. Everyone was saying that it was heroin chic - that she was a waif, that she was anorexic. But Kate would eat just as much as anybody I knew - the media had just turned her into this thing. It must be really, really hard when you're the object of that.

There have been top supermodels in the past that weren't as tall as the industry demands, like fashion icon Kate Moss.

I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.

I don't think there's anyone who can be unaware of the relevance of Kate Moss, the effect that she's had on the fashion industry.

Kate Moss, for example - she's never given a lot of interviews. She stays so mysterious. Nobody knows who she is, really.

I want to be the next Gisele Bundchen . Everything she does, who she is, what she's done, she's just amazing.

Every sweet, humble young model is only one campaign away from becoming a fashion monster.

I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

I like the Kardashians. I watch 'em. When Kim got the botox in her face, and it made her face go weepy, that was funny. I also watch 'America's Next Top Model.' I've always been a big fan.

In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.

I used to be seriously incognito - without wanting to be. The effect of the magazines, television, billboards - they've changed my whole life in terms of having to deal with being a, quote, star.

I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.

Surrounded by high-paid publicity people and professional ego massagers, movie stars, like politicians, almost invariably come to believe that they are nicer, more charming, and more beloved than they appear to be to a casual observer, and that their stories about their careers are universally fascinating.

People feel like they know you because they've read about you, and people who don't know me seem to have warm feelings about me. I seem to be popular with women. I go into the loo in restaurants, and they all say, 'Oh, I love you.' It's odd, but it's really nice, too.

Sometimes, if I see a picture and I can make it a bit better, then I will, like everyone else does. I've been Photoshopped in every picture since I started modelling.

I don't think I'm misunderstood, but there is definitely a certain side of me that the press focuses on - my body, my hair, or who I'm dating - which has never really served me as an actor. It's served me in the commercial world, making money as a model, but the media perception has really hindered my acting career.

I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.

Because I don't go to showbiz parties, I don't have the right image. The media decides who's in and who's out.

There wasn't really one time in my life where I was like, 'I want to be a model!'

It's easy for me to look groomed, because I start the day on This Morning and have to be made up - so the rest of the day just follows from there.