“I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.” ActorsModelsBacklash Author:Ian Somerhalder
“To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.” ThinkingWorldLittlesActorsBitsEnjoyModelsOddDecentStilettos Author:Analeigh Tipton
“As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.” KnowsPlayCertainActorsRolesModels Author:Gemma Ward
“I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them.” IfsMenMayRealBodyActorsStarsRolesMillionsFrontsFineDegreesModelsShotsStandingPaidCamerasHeatRole ModelsArmorGrimace Author:Ben Stein
“I try to keep away from being bigheaded. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink the rest of their life. But there are several respected adult actors who were child actors that started very young. I'm going to try to model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.” PeopleTryingChildrenYoungActorsCausesLosesActingRolesModelsAdultsStinkKeep LearningChild Actors Author:Haley Joel Osment
“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.” ThinkingWayFeelsLooksPersonsLongHas BeensDifferentCharacterSeemsMovingActorsActingStepsCrazyLike YouEasierLong TimeModelsBiggerDeeperTransitionLike YourselfModelling Author:Liberty Ross
“When we think of an actor, we think of a tanned, frosted-tipped, model-looking guy. We don't think of a plumber.” ThinkingGuyActorsModelsPlumber Author:Nick Offerman
“I will never date an actor or a model. My family will never accept her. We are a middle class family, and an actress will never be able to gel with us.” AbleActorsAcceptingClassMiddleModelsMy FamilyActressesMiddle ClassMiddle Class Family Author:Suresh Raina
“One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let the camera in. It's an intimacy that the model or actor creates with the lens, that then transmits itself to the viewer.” FilmActorsSecretModelsCamerasIntimacyViewersLensesTransmitGreat FilmFilm Actors Author:Mary Harron
“There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired.” YearsHas BeensEyeArtistActorsKnownModelsMinoritiesCeoStereotypeAsianPioneersLucyPublic EyeAsian AmericanMoguls Author:Eric Liu
“I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.” IfsWantEndsWantedActorsNaturalModelsFollowingIceRapperProgressionYoungstersCubes Author:T.I.
“In general all celebrities, no matter how they became a celebrity, or if they're an actor or singer or a model, whatever it is - that people are people and people have problems and there's nothing wrong with that at all.” PeopleIfsMatterProblemActorsModelsSingers Author:Rachel Uchitel
“I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll be like Danny Kaye. He was kind of the model I had in mind.” WayMindKindWantedGuyActorsModelsComicComedianSomeday Author:George Carlin
“I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.” PeopleTryingBigsActorsRolesTeachModelsShotsActressesRole ModelsSyndromesActors And ActressesBig Shots Author:Chris Burke
“I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.” PeopleRealEndsCharacterHelpingTogetherActorsRolesModelsReal LifeRole ModelsDisagreement Author:Tony Scott
“I would like to see fewer actors modeling, or if they're going to model to the extent that they are modeling, then I think that models should be actors.” IfsThinkingShouldActorsModelsFewerModeling Author:Stephanie Seymour
“If you want to be a model, then you should probably become an actor. That's the only way to get hired to do the great advertising campaigns that are really interesting or the magazine covers, and it's hard to build a name for yourself as a model without those things.” IfsWayWantShouldHardActorsNamesInterestingModelsCampaignsAdvertisingMagazinesReally InterestingGreat AdvertisingMagazine Covers Author:Stephanie Seymour
“This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.” IfsKnowsWellsWholeCharacterActorsStuffKnownKnow HowModelsBagsSpokesWell KnownAppreciatedRacket Author:John C. Reilly
“Models-turned-actors are a bit of a cliché... It is a huge cliché but you have to look at the positive aspects. I learned a lot about the world and took a lot of knowledge away from it.” WorldLooksActorsBitsHugeModelsAspect Author:Ian Somerhalder
“At the end of the day, I'm not a model, I'm an actor. I didn't want to be a model for a brand - I wanted to be a spokesperson and to collaborate.” WantEndsWantedActorsModelsBrandsThe End Of The Day Author:Ruby Rose
“I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An actor is different. It's important to work with the actor because in the end that's who the audience sees and that's the success that you need.” ThinkingNeedsImportantDifferentEndsJobsActorsAudienceModels Author:Patricia Field