I've always gone after fears and tried to stifle them by doing them. It is daunting, but it's more rewarding.

Lily Cole

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I usually have a lip balm in my bag and mascara as well. I don't really wear much make-up, but I like mascara because I've got fair colouring.

mascara bags lips

It doesn't make me very happy to be on my computer all the time. I've never been drawn to that world.

very-happy computer world

I part-own a bookshop for some strange coincidence of reasons, and it is one of the best things I part-own in my life, or own in my life. I do not know, it just feels great.

strange coincidence reason

Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.

fashion odds may

I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.

successful art thinking

I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what moo... by Lily Cole

I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in.

role-playing clothes roles

I love beautiful things; I like having nice clothes, and I can appreciate why other people do - but I've also started to learn more about the impact of what we buy: how things are made, how much you buy and the quality of everything.

nice love-is beautiful

Im just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!

girl eye together

Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.

acting heart years

I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time.

tights purple legs

With acting, if I'm any good at it, my modeling career would never be a hindrance but would rather be a help. And if I'm not, then it doesn't really matter.

never good modeling matter

The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid.

good music love relationship

I'm not against people buying clothes; I think clothes are wonderful, and I'm very materialistic myself - but there's a way of finding a compromise. I just think we can buy less and pay more, to make sure people aren't being exploited.

myself think clothes people

It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids.

never think playboy funny