Nora Dunn Quotes

No, I don't think I have the same body type as the other models in shows. No, I don't think I am the best at any given show. Yes, I want a unique walk, but I also know I have to improve.

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

I wish I could be a model, and then I could have this fantastic body and parade around and get paid for it.

In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

I started modeling when I was 13 or 14, I think.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.

I don't know why modeling worked for me, because I'm short. But I liked it because it let me buy my own furniture.

I'm certainly not a supermodel.

I couldn't be a supermodel, hats off. I'll stick to the kitchen!

I absolutely love it. I feel so proud and so happy when I am on a catwalk.

My siblings would tease me and call me big friendly or freaky giant, and later, when I was approached about modeling, they would joke, 'The BFG is gonna be a model? That clunky thing?' They know how to keep me in check all right.

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

I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny.

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

A sense of humor is important. I'm always attracted to a girl with confidence. In terms of looks, I don't have a type. I think a lot of girls think that they have to be super-thin, to meet the Hollywood image, but I think a girl who is voluptuous is very beautiful.

The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

I modeled for 4 years before I felt like I had my big break.

When I came out of school I didn't even think that modeling was a job.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.

I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.