Top 276 Modelling Quotes & Sayings

The world of modelling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

I don't think modelling is a career I'm going to pursue.

I started my modelling career by sending my pictures to American Apparel and eventually meeting my friend Petra Collins, who started shooting me for magazines around New York. I ended up signing a modelling contract with Wilhelmina Models a couple of years later.

Role modelling for your kids is so essential.

Modelling is a silly, crazy business.

I became an actress way into my 30s because I thought that I had to find my own way, and that's why I worked so much in modelling, until I realised that the differences between acting and modelling weren't that great. I always say that modelling is a little bit like being a silent actress.

Modelling, for me, I find that it's like acting.

For me, modelling has been an advantage because if I hadn't been modelling, I would never have been spotted as an actress. I didn't have any intention of becoming an actress.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

It has been quite a journey from Miss India to modelling and acting.

It is a transition, from modelling to singing, but for me it's a natural progression. The modelling was something I did to travel the world and make some money and end up doing what I want to do. It was a way for me to go gather the experience to write an album and now sing about it.

I think modelling comes naturally to me as I have done it for a long time.

Working and modelling in New York was definitely a life changing experience for me.

In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.

Modelling is an incredible platform.

Modelling is completely different from acting. They are two skills that you can't compare.

I got into modelling simply because I wanted to avoid studies.

When I was at school I wanted to be a writer and an actress. Then this whole modelling thing happened.

Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that; you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.

If I wasn't modelling, I guess I would work in fashion as a buyer.

Acting is something I'm interested in, and I'll keep going to auditions, but modelling is my main job.

I've never been interested in a career in modelling, I was interested in my independence. When I was in school, modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave.

I never really thought about modelling. It wasn't something I ever wanted to do. I used to always be so angry about modelling.

For newcomers, modelling is like a stepping stone to acting. The exposure and experience in modelling helps... But for acting, we have to show a lot of hard work and dedication towards it.

Modelling was never a career option for me; it was always a hobby. I was modelling while I was pursuing my B.Tech, so the obvious choice after finishing my studies was to do a job. But while I was modelling and doing TV commercials, I really loved being in front of the camera. I enjoyed the shooting process.

I wouldn’t say I was really into fashion before modelling; I was into creation.

Modelling killed me.

I think the best models are actors, you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition. Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that, you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.

In terms of role modelling for younger kids, I never really censor myself.

Modelling doesn't hold you back in L.A. at all.

I want to carry on modelling for years to come.

At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.

Acting and modelling are good, but motherhood is what it's all about.

Modelling has given me so much confidence.

I always wanted to be a designer. It was when I started modelling for my college shows that I came under the spotlight.

Modelling is very two-dimensional. You really don't have to bare anything.

I did modelling for a year, but then I always wanted to be an actress.

The modelling just happened. It was fun, and a good way to earn money.

I was the first guy from a modelling background to successfully venture into films.

I loved the travel but I didn't love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!

I'm only 5 ft. 7 in. tall, and for modelling, that's small, so I wasn't getting signed, but I kept on pushing.

If I wasn't modelling, I'd probably be an intern somewhere, working for someone who interned the year before me.

I started modelling from the age of 16, and within three years, I was bored and decided to shift to films. But I love modelling because it gave me independence.

When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.

I studied acting throughout high school, then modelling took over because it brought more opportunity. When I quit modelling, coming back to Vancouver, I registered at the University of Victoria.

I'm a poet first and foremost, before the modelling.

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

Modelling asks you to be conscious of your outer self, but with acting, you have to let that go.

The modelling was fun but I don't see it the same as music, because with modelling, I was just kind of lucky, I just fell into it. I got discovered at a train station when I'd just turned 15, I was working full-time by 16, moved overseas and then just kept at it and made it a life. Whereas with my music, I've really struggled through and worked hard, learnt how to write and I've kept developing that.

It is so common in middle-class families to consider modelling and acting not serious.

When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.

Modelling has really helped build my confidence.

Dressing is like modelling - you can constantly adapt.

I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism.

I am thrilled to be modelling the debut collection of Always Aliza. Janet Reger was such an iconic brand throughout my modelling career, and it feels great to now be modelling her daughter's range for JD Williams almost forty years on.

I think modelling helped me. I was very shy and self-conscious when I went to college, and I think in some ways modelling exacerbates those things - because it's all about you being the centre of attention - but it also helped me travel.

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

My modelling career is about hard work.

My relationship with M&S continues to be an exciting journey, from modelling to designing my online range.