Emily Ratajkowski Quotes

I grew up eating street tacos and burritos on the beach, so I like people who can eat and aren't afraid to show it.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

The way we are annoying them, being playful and having a good time with our body - it's something very important for young women today to have that confidence. I think it's actually celebrating women and their bodies.

I'm more of a Smithwick's or Bulmer's girl than a pint of Guinness.

The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning.

I started modeling when I was - not older, but not 12. I have a mom who's a feminist - she's an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.

I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'

I met with Karl Lagerfeld, and if you have those kind of connections, that takes you into that world and puts you on that level.

You can go super American and get barbecue and beer and be like, 'Whatever, I'm watching a football game.' That's exactly what I'm going to do.

Nudity isn't something people should take offense to.

When I was a little girl, I loved theater a lot and I was always playing and making my own worlds.

The attention from the fashion world is something that I didn't expect. I've shot with Bruce Weber and met Karl Lagerfeld. Having that kind of attention is really exciting.

On whether Blurred Lines' video is sexist: I don't. I really appreciate the people who watch out for that stuff, and I'm sensitive to those sort of things. On the surface level, the naked women dancing, I understand that can be perceived that way. But we're directed to have a sort of confidence, a sarcastic attitude about the whole situation.

It's like never hearing a Joy Division album or something. I'm finally watching Twin Peaks, and I'm so into it.

One thing that I've found is that people could relate and see different qualities in the video that they enjoyed. That wasn't something I was necessarily expecting.

I was real into theater, and then I tried soccer, acting and ballet. Both my parents didn't want a child-star model, so I didn't get into modeling until I was 14.

I basically had the same body when I was 14 and that was weird. But I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky.