Quotes by Brazilian authors

"Younger guys are just too jealous"

"I've never been to the gym. I do nothing"

"I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model"

"I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down"

"I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And that's how I started"

"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone"

"If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!"

"I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone"

"You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous"

"I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile"

"Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing"

"When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it"

"I would like just one time to be on the cover of Italian Vogue"

"I like to go to the movies or read"

"Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong"

"If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families"

"I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous"

"I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time"

"I don't wear fur and I understand their cause. I am the biggest animal lover in the world. I have four dogs and two horses, and I have rescued animals all my life"

"The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become"

"I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people"

"I don't like Paris so much, and it's only eight shows. I mean, don't tell them that, of course. But everyone always thinks they're so important. And I'm sure they are. But to me, my happiness is more important"

"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"

"There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this"

"It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great"

"I think it's better when you're natural, when you just do whatever you want, instead of doing classes where I see all these other people holding back because they've been trained with certain skills or techniques. I'm like, whatever"

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that"

"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face"

"When I came to New York and I opened the window of the thirty-fifth-floor apartment, there's light pollution and fog, and I couldn't see my star. So I drew it on my wrist with a pen, but it kept washing away. Then I went to a tattoo parlor on Second Avenue and had it done"

"It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that"