Helena Christensen Quotes

From the minute I wake up until I go to bed I think about food.

Like any woman, I worry about my body.

The more people explore the world, the more they realize in every country there’s a different aesthetic. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

There’ve been times when I’ve bought a whole pound of cheese and walked down the street and eaten it in one go.

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

I like people who dress quirkly and differently. Like in womenswear, thank god for Helena Bonham Carter!

Kate is going to come back, she is going to be super-strong again. Everybody is going to want her again because she is that kind of person. She is very professional and beautiful and she is going to be around forever.

I don’t look at fashion the way other people do.

I’m a fun person. I like cracking jokes and being completely nerdy.

Modelling is a silly, crazy business.

I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world.

It’s really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.

I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe.

I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take.

It’s incredible to have been part of fashion history – my whole career has been one big highlight.

Cheese is one of my great weaknesses, I could eat the stuff by the pound.

I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper.

I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later.

There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty.

I was born in high heels and I’ve worn them ever since.

Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of it; they’re lying awake night after night constructing dresses in their heads.

I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace.

In modelling, there is no point in trying to prove you have a brain, so why even bother? I’d sooner save the energy for something more meaningful.

When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body.

I want to live to be 120. That’s when I will start worrying about my age.

I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner.

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is a wonderful little island with beautiful beaches, a great restaurant culture and friendly, welcoming atmosphere.

I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am.

I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a ‘Vogue’ shoot.

Women can explore so much in dressing. But if I was a guy I would wear vintage suits constantly. With crazy ties!