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" If you're a sexy actress, it's hard to get serious roles. You get offered the same thing they've seen you in. People are like sheep, and they're like, 'Oh, that's what she does well.' "

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" 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. "

Emily Ratajkowski

Attitude

Celebrate

Yourself

" I'm completely bathing suit-obsessed, and I love lurking on Instagram looking for the best bikinis. "

" I'm not about anything special - I don't use a trainer or anything like that. And really just eating healthy, eating balanced, knowing what is good and, when you push it too far, easing up and getting back on track. "

" I feel like it's always about how this girl stays thin, or what one girl is doing to another, and it shouldn't be that way. "

" When I was eleven years old, I basically looked the same as I do now. "

" I met Patti Smith, which is not Hollywood, but that really blew my mind. I love her. We were at a very small party, too, on a boat, and I totally fanned out. I told her that I loved her, and wasn't cool at all. "

" Generally, I just think there is a real lacking in men knowing how to hit on women. "

" What's so dumb is that women are 50 per cent of the population, and they want to spend money to see movies where they're portrayed as three-dimensional characters. "

" I like to be asked about the projects I'm working on. I like to be asked about the books I'm reading, the things I'm interested in, what's exciting me right now, or even politics. Sometimes that's fun. "

Emily Ratajkowski

Fun

Politics

" I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too. "

" My high school didn't have a football team; we just had like a surf team, because I grew up in Encinitas, California, which is the ultimate place where everyone skated or surfed, so it was a very different culture. It was, like, cool to be the art kid. "

" I don't know what it is, but French men love me. "

Emily Ratajkowski

Love Me

Men

" I did go to UCLA for art, but the other option was going to Sarah Lawrence and doing creative writing all the way. So that is part of the reason I love to read so much. "

" Desire is normal. Attention is normal, and that's okay. "

" I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers are from Ireland, and I have spent every summer in Bantry since my father, who is an artist, had the romantic idea 20 years ago to buy an old farmhouse on the west coast and renovate it. "

" I sleep the best in my own bed, which is too bad because I'm not sleeping in my bed enough. "

" It sounds really cliched, but just be true to who you are. "

" For me personally, I cannot spend a certain amount of money on anything but shoes, a coat, a purse, and that's it. I could never spend more than $1K on a sweater. I'm only going to wear it twice. But you go online, and you see incredibly expensive sweaters selling out constantly. "

" To me, 'sexy' is a kind of beauty, a kind of self-expression, one that is to be celebrated. "

Emily Ratajkowski

Beauty

Sexy

" For me it's always about trying to consistently maintain a fit and body-conscious eating schedule so three days before I'm not like, 'Oh my God - I have a bathing suit shoot I have to do.' "

" The thing to know is love yourself and find the bathing suits that make you feel comfortable and just rock it. "

" One thing that I can say is that I think it's important that there's some sort of celebration of beautiful women that isn't just exploitive. "

" People will say, 'How do I get abs like you?' I don't know. We're all different. If my girlfriend did what I did, hiking and yoga for a workout, it would affect her body in a different way. That's the message that I really want to get out there. I'm trying to counteract that culture. "

" The ideal feminist world shouldn't be one where women suppress their human instincts for attention and desire. We shouldn't be weighed down with the responsibility of explaining our every move. We shouldn't have to apologize for wanting attention, either. We don't owe anyone an explanation. "

" I love men's butts. "

" I have really big features, so a little makeup goes a long way. I would hate to look like a clown. "

" I didn't want to act in high school, because I was sick of auditioning for Nickelodeon, Disney mean girls, or the cheerleader. "

" People have told me to change it over the years, but my dad is always saying, 'Never change your name!' My middle name is O'Hara, so it's a pretty epic name. Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski. "

Emily Ratajkowski

Name

Change

" Don't buy anything online that you'd laugh at buying in real life. "

" It's absurd to think that desire for attention doesn't drive both women and men. Why are women scrutinized for it more, then? "