Model Quotes

When I work, it can be a 16-hour day.

When I started in the business, I was told I had three good years in me.

We have this expression, Christy and I. We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

On days when I do not work, I am working on my image.

If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.

I'm so glad this worked out for me, I do think I know how to be a good model.

I love, love, love fashion so much. That's why I became a model in the first place.

I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

I don't happen to think magazines should be full of thin people. What I do say is that we can all work a little harder with what we have. It is possible to achieve a better body shape and heart rate with nutrition and exercise.

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.

I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me.

It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher.

When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with.

I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.

When it comes to exercise, I don't like anything that's too serious.

Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday.

It's exciting for me to be home in California where I'm from and to be working with Victoria's Secret.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

Growing up I always shopped at Victoria's Secret with my mom and saw Angels like Gisele and Karolina Kurkova in the windows.

Anytime someone says we're channelling 1960s, I'm like, I'm in, I love it.

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'

When you have a gown, there's much more to be concerned about. Where is this crease falling? Are you making a weird shape with the dress? Are you doing the designer justice? With a bathing suit, it's more about you and the mood you convey.

The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.

My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.

I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they've heard the name before. That's an advantage that I have.

I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.

I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.