Natalia Vodianova Quotes

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

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

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

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

I didn't really enjoy modeling in Bombay. I floated through it in the hopes that I would get my ticket to the next big thing. There was no real joy that I got out of it, to be really honest.

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.

I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I’d be happy.

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.

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.

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 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.'

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.

When I was 15, I was scouted at the mall by Elite Model Management. I started to go to New York on the bus in high school, which was about four hours door-to-door from my hometown, until I moved to New York and lived in models' apartments all over.

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

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

Every model aspires to get contracts, so I have been very lucky with Dolce & Gabbana to be able to get that before I even really started as a model.

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

I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it.

Modelling is something I couldn't see as my forte or something that I would do for the rest of my life.

I did a modeling gig once, but I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.