I'd like to be curvier.
— Cara Delevingne
I love red or deep purple lips for events.
I never do anything to my hair. I just wash it. It tends to get dry, so I just try to put good, natural oils in it. I do a deep conditioning mask, which is quite good.
I've always been a bit of an inventor, just making up weird things people haven't thought of before. I can't tell you exactly what, though, because they might actually happen one day!
It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
I never really thought about modelling. It wasn't something I ever wanted to do. I used to always be so angry about modelling.
As a child, I used 'gay' as a bad word, as in, 'That's so gay.' All my friends did.
When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.
I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.
Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall.
Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
I want to behave more like a boy... I want to be the strong one.
I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.
I'm quite surprised that nobody has asked me to do my own line of tweezers. I totally would love to do that. Or, like, mascara. Cara's Mascara!
With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.
As a kid, I got teased about my unibrow. Now I love my brows.
When I first started modeling, they used to bleach my eyebrows all the time.
Once I find a bag that I love, I wear it always. I just don't change my bags. I literally find one and stay with it.
When you are clinically diagnosed with depression as a teenager, sometimes people don't understand it. You feel like you should be happy, especially when you have a very lucky upbringing, and you blame yourself.
I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.
I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible.
I worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful.
In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.
My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am.
I grew up in the upper class, for sure. My family was kind of about that whole parties-and-horse racing thing. I can understand it's fun for some. I never enjoyed it.
I love curves; I'm all about curves. I don't have many, which is really sad, but I think the more the better.
I love Christopher Bailey and Burberry, Mulberry for bags, and Hudson for jeans. I like a little bit of designer with a bit of vintage and High Street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces. I always go for comfort, and like feeling confident and casual.
I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
Embrace your weirdness!
At fashion shows, my brows often get bleached, and they've been dyed back much darker - like jet black, where you can't even see my skin. Sometimes with Just for Men! What a mistake. At times, the two brows aren't even the same color!
I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
I need to be able to be at a gig and just put my bag on the floor and not worry about it being stood on or getting ruined. You want a bag that can go through anything. And a little bit of softness is always lovely. If I don't have a dog, I can just pet my bag!
I love talking to my friends at uni and seeing what they are doing. They're just finishing their dissertations, and I kind of wish I could live their life for a second. I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
I act for love. I give it my all. I would probably still do it even if I wasn't paid at all. But in terms of equal pay, I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise, I won't do it. Because if you accept less, you're just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.
When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.
I started modeling when I was 16. The odds were against me. At 5' 8, I was shorter than most girls in the business. Still, I gave it a shot, and like with most things in my life, I never gave up.
The thing is, if I ever found a guy I could fall in love with, I'd want to marry him and have his children. And that scares me to death because I think I'm a whole bunch of crazy, and I always worry that a guy will walk away once he really, truly knows me.
I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.
I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
The best therapy is actually the more aggressive kind when they break you open; they unleash you.
I get a lot of girls who say, 'I just want to be a model so badly.' And I think: 'You can do better than that.' I mean, look, I do love it, I'm not saying anything bad about it, I just think you can do a lot more.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
I always feel that life can teach you how to act. I'm always looking at life through other people's eyes. By feeling empathy. And I do feel that I am constantly learning.
