EJ Johnson Quotes

When I started in 1992, I really thought the 'Vogue' fashion department was one of the most frightening places on the planet.

For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.

I'm really interested in fashion journalism.

I have always worked a bit with fashion people. I worked with Issey Miyake for a while, then Dolce & Gabbana; now we're working with Valentino. It's fine. The fashion world is a fairly weird world, but there are good people in it. It's weird because their timetables are unbearable.

Before I really became interested in fashion, all I would look at in a fashion magazine was the ads. It only dawned on me recently that just looking at the ads really doesn't teach you everything you need to know about the fashion world.

Fashion is really a place where every other industry connects, whether it's music or acting. At the end of the day, everyone is going to walk the red carpet and be interested in the fashion side of it. I think that's really cool because as a model, you get to connect with a lot of different worlds.

I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.

I used to get scouted outside of Topshop and stuff, and I was brought up in the fashion industry and did a few shoots when I was young, which was always fun to get dressed up.

I have no idea what's going on in the fashion industry.

Modeling for a year taught me a lot. I got very involved in the fashion industry and met a bunch of people who I admired.

In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.

I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.

I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.

Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.

I have always loved fashion, but I have no expertise in it besides being a model.

Paris is one of my favorite cities, but Paris during Fashion Week is everything!

Nobody in college races home and says, 'I can't wait to see the news! I can't wait to see who CBS is going to hire!'

I always look at Style.com and look at all the designers and I know all the model's names.

I'm really lucky to have a lot of friends in fashion. I don't know if that's common, but I just get along with a lot of people. My really close friends are Ireland Baldwin, Kendall Jenner, Lily Aldridge and Devon Windsor.

I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on.

I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?'

When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then.

For a lot of people, it's a massive deal to be on the front row at Fashion Week and look perfect. I don't go to be seen; I go to look at the collections and support my friends, like Henry, Giles and Jonathan Saunders. As much as I love clothes and shopping, it doesn't drive me.

I used to go to a lot of Pam Hogg shows. The thing about London Fashion Week is that, generally, we're on tour and traveling around, so it's very rare that I actually catch it. I like to go to Burberry because I know a few girls who work there. I kind of follow friends.

Modeling is just one of those things that goes along with acting. When it's offered, it's hard to say no, because it's fun.