Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to. |
Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors. |
I'd like to be the first model who becomes a woman. |
In 1974, the modeling world changed. Jerry Ford and my lawyer negotiated the deal for the first exclusive contract in modeling history. |
The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor. |
A lot of modeling is how much crap you can take. |
We need a new religion. |
We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. |
I had 30-something years' experience in modeling, which is rare. |
That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort. |
I became a specialist at comedic one-liners. |
Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face. |
I look at my first appointment book from 1965 and I get dizzy. I was constantly in a phone booth calling photographers. |
Avedon wouldn't let me put wax between my teeth like I usually did. |
I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did. |
There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well. |
When I went back to modeling, nobody knew how to deal with a 46-year-old model! |
I'm not part of the cultural elite. I'm a down-home girl. Always have been, always will be. |
No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night! |
I had always broken the rules. |