No matter what I've worked on or what art practices I've delved into, they've always been an attempt to world-build.

Hunter Schafer

Categorized in : Always Been Art Matter

I feel less pressure to dress for the eyes of other people now. I think that happened once I started modelling, near the end of high school.

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My plan was to model and pay the rent and then intern with designers and work on the other side of the industry however I could, but then it just got to be too much, especially with casting, fashion week, and also working for a fashion designer.

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That year of modeling, I grew up a lot - I was alone in New York and just grinding and making it work, and I feel it kind of prepared me for the responsibilities of being an actor alone in L.A. and taking care of yourself.

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Walking runway has been something I didn't even think would be a possibility in my lifetime with my circumstances and my origins.

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What I'm trying to do in all senses is deconstruct our idea of gender and use the privileges that come with looking like a model to bring attention to that.

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