A biography for Cara Delevingnehasn’t been written yet.
“Embrace your weirdness!”
“I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.”
“Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.”
“I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy.”
“When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.”
“I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.”
“I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.”
“Fashion Week is horrible. I mean, it isn't horrible, really - it's amazing. But having to work that much every day is.”
“Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.”
“I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.”
“I just don't think that I trust men. That's the problem. I can appreciate a beautiful-looking man, but he's not my type.”
“I love comfort. Comfort is very key to me because I spend most of my time in very uncomfortable things, so it's all about trainers and flats.”
“I always feel that life can teach you how to act. I'm always looking at life through other people's eyes. By feeling empathy. And I do feel that I am constantly learning.”
“Ooh, I'd love to be in a movie with Meryl Streep or Martin Scorsese. There are so many different things I want to do, maybe like a possessed child or an evil something... I don't know!”
“I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.”
“I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.”
“The thing is, if I ever found a guy I could fall in love with, I'd want to marry him and have his children. And that scares me to death because I think I'm a whole bunch of crazy, and I always worry that a guy will walk away once he really, truly knows me.”
“The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.”
“I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.”
“When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.”