A biography for Agyness Deynhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.”
“I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.”
“Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.”
“I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.”
“I've always been really private about my personal life. I don't talk about it.”
“For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.”
“When you're young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, 'This is totally the truth', 'cos you don't know any difference, so there's a real confidence in your way of thinking.”
“I don't have that many friends.”
“I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.”
“It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.”
“When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought, 'Please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over!'”
“Well, I suppose I've never really had a lifestyle that needs upkeep. I don't get cabs; I'm on the Tube with my Oyster card.”
“I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.”
“My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!'”
“Not just in modeling, but in society, there's so much pressure about what a woman should be, and, of course, it's just so unobtainable. You can never become that thing, because it's such a projection.”
“I've always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.”
“I love 'Breathless,' and 'Paris, Texas,' and 'Badlands.' I was obsessed with those films in my teens. I remember watching 'Badlands' and being amazed that there were these scenes in which nobody said anything and the silence told the whole story.”
“I dress like a tomboy.”
“I'd like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.”
“I don't really go to fashion parties; they're not my scene.”