Modeling Work Quotes

I grew up in the Ukraine and then I went to Paris in 1996. I went there because there was a modeling agency that invited me there to work so I thought, 'Sure.'

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

Throughout the years I've been working as a model, I've gathered lots of information on the process of creating fashion without even trying.

We were on a competitive traveling soccer team for nine years. Nikki then went on and played two more years in college. We both started getting into modeling and commercial work.

In the small amount of modeling work I've done, I'm always told that I never smile.

Working a model liberated me from ever having to hold a day job. I transitioned from doing that to working full-time as an artist. If you're 19 and living cheap, being an artist model can sustain you. I dropped out of college at 21 and my illustration hadn't yet taken off. It is more than working in a store. It is a hard way to make a living but you earn more than in a similarly unskilled job.

I was more of a commercial model. I wasn't into ramp walks or photo shoots.

A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make a ton of money then come back to New York and do whatever I wanted.

I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.

I'm still reading some scripts and I model as well, so I'm still doing that. But I don't want to do like just anything so we're being really selective about the stuff I'll do.

I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.

I've been chasing some paychecks. Modeling. I don't discriminate against paychecks. I've got to pay the bills.

I did some background work for a movie called 'Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius' in Atlanta and got bit by the bug. That was it. I saved a few thousand dollars and packed up my car. I had hoped that I would start working just doing some modeling stuff or something while I studied acting. I thought I could support myself that way.

I started small with commercials and print.

I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.

I did a lot of commercials starting in about '75, yeah. Well, not 'a lot'; I never was a big old commercial gal, but I made a good living. I didn't immediately make 'a living' at commercials; the first year I made maybe a living was about '80. I had a great year in '85. I had a nice little supplement.

I starred in Dr. Pepper commercials and Buick ads.

When I was in college in Chicago, I was doing a lot of commercials - that was my bread and butter.

Poor Vogue is working really long hours - she's a 'model,' that's what it says on her Wikipedia or whatever. People just assume she does nothing but she's super-busy all the time.

I try to think professionally that my body is my job and just get up and do my modeling work, you always feel better after it.

I do like to work. I have my kids' books that I do, I have movies that I do, and I model.

I would like to have the best of both worlds and still enjoy doing fashion shows and shooting for commercials.