Abbey Lee Kershaw

“I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.”

“Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.”

“I like my hands. They do most of the talking.”

“I see potential in everything. It's about opening your mind to what you can do to the garment: because they're cheap, you can cut them or stitch them, and if you stuff it up, it's fine - it's only two dollars.”

“It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.”

“The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.”

“I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a strong mind, an interesting mind, a twisted mind, and also people that can make me smile.”

“I was always in hospital as a kid: I had a tumour on my knee, lots of broken bones. I loved climbing trees.”

“I'm aiming to do what I need to do for acting and nothing more. I'm bowing down to acting.”

“In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.”

“The European girls, like the Russians, tend to stick together, but there's never any rivalry. Sometimes there's a little bit of tension with the older girls because they might feel a little threatened by the younger models, but it's not between personalities.”

“I don't get sick much because in the U.S. I always eat with my fingers, you know, to get used to the bacteria.”

“A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.”

“New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.”

“It's because I have no sense of shame that I'm always willing to give things a go: I've ridden horses naked into the sea, I've climbed rocks, all kinds of things.”

“My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.”