Liu Wen Quotes

I think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outside to be a glamorous industry and I was really into fashion, and I remember just being excited and wanting to be part of that.

When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.

I modeled a little bit in Georgia growing up. I did catalogs and different things, but then when I came to L.A., I became a professional model. It sounds kind of crazy, but in L.A. was when I was able to start making a living from modeling.

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

I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that - advertising campaigns, fashion shows, editorial shoots.

I started modeling before '1992,' and I had already done Calvin Klein and Target and Gap and Diesel, Reebok, so I had been modeling for a little bit.

Nobody in my family ever thought that I'd a be a model.

Modelling's not something I want to do just on its own, but I always want it to be a part of my life.

I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.

Not every model wants to be an actress.

I went to a modeling agency and said I wanted to be a model. I worked, worked, worked so much while I was studying.

When I started modeling, all I really wanted to get was a Shabby Chic couch.

I came from modelling industry so I am part of fashion industry. It is not that I hated being part of glamorous film.

As a full-time model, exciting opportunities came my way, and I was lucky to be featured in the Kingfisher Calendar 2014. This helped me get noticed, and I bagged assignments to walk the ramp for well-known Indian designers.

I want to carry on modelling for years to come.

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

Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.

What I find relatively funny is that I'm not a model. I'm five foot six and a half; I have absolutely no dream or desire to be a model, I don't live for fashion. But when an opportunity comes your way very early in your career, like Burberry, you do it.

The life of a model is so varied that I never know what will be happening from one week to the next.

Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines, and I never paid attention to it. I was a young girl, though.

And I only do what I do in life, which is model.

I always wanted to be a model, never an actress. I would see children in ads and stuff and wanted to be like them.

If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.

Modeling is always something I've really admired because I've seen my mum and sister do it.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.