Katherine Ryan Quotes

Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.

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.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models.

At that time of the supermodels, celebrities didn't want to be in fashion; they thought they were more intellectual and interesting than anyone in fashion.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.

Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.

I know quite a few friends who are models, and they're usually really smart, sharp, world-savvy people.

I never thought I would model for more than a few years.

You become a model once you go through hair, makeup, and Photoshop.

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

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

My favorite models are always going to be the people who are pushing the boundary and challenging what it is to be a model.

I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways.

There's definitely been times when I've been on sets and I was the bigger model in the room, where they're casting girls.

I didn't always want to be a model, but once I started, I realized how much I loved it.

[There is] a breed of fashion models

Models-turned-actors are a bit of a cliché... It is a huge cliché but you have to look at the positive aspects. I learned a lot about the world and took a lot of knowledge away from it.

Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids.

When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses.

Modeling chose me, I didn't choose modeling.

Lots of girls will work for five years before Mario Testino will use them, and I was not prepared to slog around doing that.

The models have always been the least interesting thing about fashion.