"As a model, I'm used to having my body scrutinized, and I have a tough skin so I can shake it off. I know I'm the only person that gets to decide how my body should look."

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Ashley Graham

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“I usually experiment with posture and physical attributes that may inform the character. Next, my impression gets a nice injection of inspiration when the costumes arrive and I can see his silhouette in the mirror. Then I go memorize all the lines and try and connect each line to a thought I think he might have. Then I show up on the day, wait my turn, and when the director calls "action," I trust that I have done enough work on my impression that I can just believe it strongly enough to play with abandon from inside that character.”
“To hold an unchanging youth is to reach at the end, the vision with which one started.”
“The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among.”
“And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world”
“You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly, though very briefly, of shock and grief.”
“Infinite, and an infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet hanging on a womanâ€™s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a motherâ€™s arms. King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenterâ€™s despised son.”
“Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.”
“I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Thandie Newton, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2011.

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