Paulina Porizkova

“I'm a trash can. I eat whatever makes me happy.”

“Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.”

“I think I had my first anxiety attack at the age of 10. Then it sort of varied between being so bad that I barely dared to go out to periods where it almost vanished. It's sort of like an ebb and flow thing.”

“I discovered when I was young that I was not like everyone else, and that was great, because it's the people who are different who bring about change and new things.”

“Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.”

“If you have really pretty skin, then you can pretty much stick on mascara and a lip cream and look great.”

“Words are my life.”

“I'm definitely a narcissist, and TV is fabulous for narcissists.”

“I think every model has times when they get obnoxious and crazy. You all of a sudden realize you are young and beautiful and you have money, and you just kind of go nutty for awhile.”

“At 52 and unaltered, people tell me I look good for my age. This is not the same as being told you're beautiful.”

“I'm doing modeling to stay alive. I don't enjoy my work. I don't find it creative. You don't need brains, and there are no heavy qualifications. All it takes is not to be shy and to dare to make a fool of yourself. But I shouldn't complain, because I am privileged enough to be overpaid.”

“Fame is an interesting phenomenon.”

“I wash my hair once a week. If it gets stinky in between, I just dry-shampoo it.”

“I've always hated modeling. It's superficial and fake, and I hate to have to care about what I look like. I get a pimple and freak. The whole business is all about selling beautiful girls' faces and bodies, so how can there be anything intelligent or nice about that except for the girl who makes money?”

“My first recognition of age setting in was exactly on my 36th birthday. I have no idea why, on this day of all days, I looked in the mirror and realized my face no longer looked young.”

“I remember when I first started modeling, and I would read interviews with people. Then I would see them, and they would always say something entirely different to a crowd of people than they would say privately. I always found that really offensive.”

“The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.”

“When you have used your beauty to get around, it's like having extra cash in your back pocket. I was so used to walking down the street and having the young guys passing by at least give me a flicker of a look. But once you're over 40, you become invisible. You're a brick in the building, and it's sad.”