To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit.
I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.
I'm a model, I have to be confident in front of a camera otherwise I wouldn't be doing my job.
I thought acting was showboating.
It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.
Modelling is very two-dimensional. You really don't have to bare anything.
With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.
On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'
When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.
Every girl loves posing in her underwear. It's always fun to do that.
I've been a poser for f--ing years. I say, pose your arse off. You know, have a laugh.
However spontaneous I hope a photograph will look, I always put a lot of thought into how I can make it happen. The very best pictures are the most relaxed, so a lot of fussing around technically can completely break the spell, and everyone freezes up with nerves.
The real point of me isn't that I'm good looking. It's that I'm clever. I've got a brain! I would rather be called a highly intelligent historian than a gorgeous pouting one.
In ten years of modeling, I've trained myself to relax and be able to use my upper body.
So long as one is able to pose one has still much to learn about suffering.
I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
Always from day one, we were the band on Warped Tour with a fog machine, and our backdrop had to be up - everyone thought we were the biggest idiots for that, total posers. But for us, we wanted to be over the top.
L.A. has got to be the poser capital of the world. Around here Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, and Ratt are the heaviest in the world. So if that's heavy we must be molten steel.
You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.
Modeling isn't all that tough.
It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.
No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.
I think, in general, models tend to do their favorite faces or their comfortable face, but your facial expression is just so important. You don't want to have an editorial of 20 photos where it's just you giving a 'Zoolander' face.
I've seen some female players, and they get up there and play an A chord and leave... and it's not a good representation. You can take it seriously and love it as much as a guy loves it, not just to get up there and pose.
I will be the first to say, when I started, I was the worst on the runway ever. I feel like I try to keep learning every time I step off a runway; I try to get better with each one. I hope that I'm getting better as I go - it takes a few seasons to get your Karlie Kloss walk on.
