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There's a kind of telepathy that goes on with the photographer and model.

My mom was a model, so she's been really good about giving me tips on how to navigate behind the scenes - like the importance of being nice to everyone on set and remembering people's names, to how to be a positive part of the photo shoot and stuff like that.

I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

I never planned to be a model at all. I moved to Paris to study art, and I was there working as an artist, taking classes, and I had a little sick dog that I was using up all of my money to try and heal. It was right at that point that this photographer, Errol Sawyer, saw me at the phoning office and convinced me to let him take my photo.

It's really hard work being a model.

Sometimes people are very not sure of themselves, so you really have to give them that confidence. Even models - they need to warm up sometimes on photo shoots.

I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.

If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.'