Krysten Ritter Quotes

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage.

I started modeling at the age of 14, when I was in Std 9.

I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare.

If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.'

There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot that were really known as models that became actresses, but there are hordes of them that did modelling before such as Anjelica Huston, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore and Geena Davis. There are loads of 'em.

I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.

I think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model, and I think people are jumping and missing that stage.

Modeling was something I wanted to try from a really young age.

I moved to New York between my junior and senior years of high school to just see what it was like, to go to a modeling agency and see how to get representation.

My son doesn't really want to model as a career, so I am not worried about him entering into the industry.

Modeling was another job like some of the other ones I had. Working as a cashier, I delivered newspapers, I worked in a retirement home feeding elderly people. . . so I never stopped and thought about, boy, I'm a successful model.

Modeling was something that fell into my lap. It was fun to travel and make money, but it always seemed like a hobby.

I started modeling because I thought it would be a good stepping stone for what I was studying (marketing), but since I started it I never had any intention to fail.

When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really a good break from being a mother or running a charitable organization and other philanthropic projects that I'm really passionate about.

I don't think modelling is a career I'm going to pursue.

I modeled from the time I was 15 until I was 20.

I want to continue modeling and do the best that I can with that.

I was scouted at a Cure concert. A model scout approached me there and asked me if I modeled, and I thought that was ludicrous.

It all started when I went to this model search in Charlotte when I was 18. That's when I met all these agents and realized I could do it, and I won! I met a photographer at the competition who persuaded me to sign with a different agency than the one that was offered to me. So, I started with a small agency and eventually moved up to IMG.

I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.

I actually wanted to become a model agent, and went into what ended up becoming my first agency for a job interview. They ended up suggesting I model instead. I guess I sort of fell into it.

I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

I was asked to model but I never took up the offer.

My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.