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I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.

Lily Cole

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Lily Cole
Age: 36
Born: 1987
Born: December 27
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Stage Actor
Lily Luahana Cole
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The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me.
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Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.
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There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.
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I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual.
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America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But I am still fundamentally British and speak with a British accent and feel very English.
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I take my books everywhere. Plane journeys are a good opportunity to study, or also when I'm having my hair done.
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I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.
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Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible.
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When I was younger, I definitely did face anti-ginger prejudice. As a child, all teasing hurts, whether it's because you're fat or a different race or have red hair. I had enough comments from a couple of people to make it a sore point.
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People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am.
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I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.
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Giving triggers social cohesion. It's also the basis for an economy not based on money.
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I think the media are so hypocritical a lot of the time in the way they chastise something just so that they can print it again.
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