Olga Kurylenko Quotes

I think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world, which is kind of quite scary.

I want to carry on modelling for years to come.

Modeling in Europe at the beginning of my career was pretty hard, with the constant traveling and uncertainty as to where I was going to be from one day to the next.

When I started out modelling, people kept warning me that I would only last five years.

Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.

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

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

Modelling is a bit baffling when you're 18. I just thought, 'Brilliant - I get paid lots of money to walk down a runway.' I didn't think I was signing up to be a poster girl for anything.

Modeling for a year taught me a lot. I got very involved in the fashion industry and met a bunch of people who I admired.

In the beginning, I thought it would be really glamorous, working in fashion. But it's actually quite hard. You don't even know half the stuff that goes on backstage.

I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.

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.

As a model, I travel non-stop.

A supermodel needed to be able to be on 'Sports Illustrated,' to be able to walk runways, to be able to do beauty ads, to be on covers. And the girls now can no longer be on covers and be in the ads because your actresses have taken over all the jobs. I don't know what happened, but we want our jobs back.

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'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen.

Traveling for modeling has been great, but I never really have much time to live the tourist life while in all the different cities.

Modelling is a silly, crazy business.

I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great.

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

I went to Brown to be a French professor, and I didn't know what I was doing except that I loved French. When I got to Paris and I could speak French, I know how much it helped me to establish relationships with Karl Lagerfeld, with the late Yves St. Laurent. French, it just helps you if you're in fashion. The French people started style.

Modeling is a lonely business.

I want to be a big model. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I believe that will be one day I do it perfectly!

I have been a big fan of Coco Rocha's for many, many years. I have seen her walk in runway shows, pose like no other in photo shoots, and naturally follow her every move on Twitter and Instagram.

I used to work as a tour guide for Americans. I'm convinced that even after four weeks on the road they had no idea where they had been. They were in a bubble.