Model

I'm not the new anything; I'm just Agyness.

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.

If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.

I think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world, which is kind of quite scary.

A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don't know where they get it from, sometimes.

I dress like a tomboy.

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.

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!'

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.

I'd love to have tea and scones with the Queen; she's my idol.

Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff.

I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along.

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 never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.

Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

I've always been really private about my personal life. I don't talk about it.

I'd like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.

I don't have that many friends.

I don't expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.