Coco Rocha Quotes

Modelling, for me, I find that it's like acting.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.

When it comes to acting, you really have to create movement which in some ways is dancing. And dancing, I feel is very important to act as well. I wouldn't put one over the other.

Definitely in voice-over, you have to be completely uninhibited. More than that, you have to put yourself back into the enjoyment of pretending.

It's always fun messing around with costumes and stuff. You know there is an element of acting that you've got to dress-up; that's part of it.

Acting is very similar to modeling.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.

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

When you're acting, you're a person. When you're modeling, you're a hanger.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger.

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

I always wanted to tell stories and act.

The play is not in the words, it's in you!

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.

Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

It's challenging to take on something else that is not you and make it very real and have others be able to associate with it. It's wonderful to provoke thought.

When I get in front of a camera all my fears and my inhibitions just go away. As a model, I feel that I am acting, too, playing different parts and showing different facets of myself.

I just play the little guy, except I play him through dance.