I feel like every project that I’ve been doing, I’ve learned something about myself. It’s like I’ve cracked something, or my vision of myself has gotten wider. I’m just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.
If you have a connection to someone, it doesn’t matter what their exterior is.
Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I’d go into a shoot, there’d be all these dresses, and I’d say to myself, ‘Okay, this isn’t me. It’s somebody else. So, who is this person?’ Acting is the next level of that.
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 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.
I suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing. Every single thing is like a new thing, so it’s never what I expect. I don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
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.
It will appeal to girls who are confident and have a strong personal expression of style and identity in the way that they dress and what this says about themselves.
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.
A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
Fashion isn’t me, even though I work in it. It’s just materialistic stuff.
I don’t really go to fashion parties; they’re not my scene.
I don’t really see myself as a big supermodel.
I don’t think a name defines the core of who you are.
I dress like a tomboy.
I know I’m no Whitney Houston.
I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
I’d like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.
I’m not the new anything; I’m just Agyness.
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.