Cindy Margolis Quotes

A model needs to know how to project herself into the camera.

People think modeling's mindless, that you just stand there and pose, but it doesn't have to be that way. I like to have a lot of input. I know how to wear a dress, whether it should be shot with me standing or sitting.

Being a model is a large part of who I am, and acting is my life's passion.

Modeling isn't all that tough.

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not to smile.

Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.

I love being photographed, I love the ramp.

On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

I guess you can consider photo shoots modeling, but it's never really interested me. I find it somewhat boring, actually. It wouldn't be something I would do.

I don't know how to pose or anything.

In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body.

I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some.

I'm a model, I have to be confident in front of a camera otherwise I wouldn't be doing my job.

Whether you're walking the catwalk or whether you're in front of the camera, there's no such thing as a signature pose or signature look or even a signature walk.

Most actors don't like doing still photo shoots, but I love them. I'm very comfortable, and I enjoy the clothes, looking good, and freezing the moment.

I like to have fun on photo shoots.

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

I'm not a model, so the idea of modelling a suit or clothes is weird in itself.

My dad actually taught me how to do the catwalk because he used to do modeling. He taught me how to do that little swivel at the end.

I model jeans. You need a bum for those.

I'm not really a model.

I wanted to model when I was younger.

There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera.

Maybe there's some kind of modeling that can be tedious, like catalogue modeling, but there's a kind of modeling, with runways or working with Richard Avedon, that's not very far from acting. Besides the fact that you don't have a partner to react to, the body language is the same.

As a model you need to be able to do the craziest things.