It was hard to be taken seriously being model-turned-actress. I needed to work on my acting chops. There are so few parts available that are good for women. Amber Valletta More Quotes by Amber Valletta More Quotes From Amber Valletta If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast. Amber Valletta intelligent brain mean Women can be strong, be smart, be sexy, be mothers, be wives, and be powerful. We don't need to compromise. Amber Valletta sexy strong mother It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. It's not the body-the body will change. Amber Valletta change mind heart I knew I liked art. I knew I liked photography. I remember seeing photos of Linda Evangelista in Italian Vogue as a teenager, and at the time I didn't know who she was. There were two photos - one shot by Fabrizio Ferri and another one by Steven Meisel. I didn't know who any of those people were. I think it was the first summer I was modeling, I saw these magazines sitting out and looked at them. I remember thinking, These are the kind of images I want to make. Amber Valletta photography summer art I realized that being present for loved ones who are dying or aging is one of the greatest honors and gifts in my life. We are quite small in the big scheme of things. Amber Valletta aging dying honor Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside! Amber Valletta cages drunk greek I wish the word supermodel would just fall off the face of the earth. Anyone can be a supermodel now. Amber Valletta earth wish fall My mom was proud but very hands off. She didn't really know enough about the model industry, and she didn't have the time to stop her life to go chaperone me. I think she trusted me. Amber Valletta proud mom thinking Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends. Amber Valletta trends hurt believe Modeling isn't boring. Amber Valletta modeling boring I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000. Amber Valletta bed I guess storytelling's always been in my blood. My mom said I was always dressing up and jumping in front of the camera and putting on plays. There must be a part of me that has to express that. If we were living in prehistoric clans, I'd probably be sitting by the campfire taking two stones and showing you how dinosaurs were chasing us. I'd be the one finding a way to communicate and perform. Amber Valletta campfire my-mom mom I'm not interested in making clothes that are not accessible. Amber Valletta clothes not-interested I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest. Amber Valletta being-honest honest want I do say no to things that I think are completely gratuitous. Amber Valletta thinking One of my half-sisters just couldn't deal with it. I think she saw me as someone she had a hard time relating to. We're super-close now, but I probably came home from Europe with weird opinions and attitudes and weird clothing. I probably looked so different to her, and I couldn't show up for things she would have liked me to. My life picked up speed, and I couldn't really stop the momentum. Amber Valletta home attitude thinking I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart. Amber Valletta girl heart kids I know that some of the spiritual beliefs that I have are that if I come from a place of love, and I try to get out of my ego and my desire to want more and be selfish in any shape or form, then whatever I'm doing is not good. Amber Valletta selfish ego spiritual Women with short hair are really sexy. There's something liberating about freeing yourself from the norms. Amber Valletta norm sexy hair If I hadn't become a model I thought of doing many things. I wanted to be an archaeologist at one point, but I was a little kid. I wanted to be a social worker. Amber Valletta little-kid social-worker kids
