Emily Ratajkowski Quotations

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 have great childhood memories cow-tipping, going off and getting lost in the bog for hours, and coming home covered in dirt.

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

Nudity isn't something people should take offense to.

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.

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.

I'm a complete foodie, but I'm a terrible cook. If a guy can get me in the kitchen and we actually have fun cooking, that's amazing.

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

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

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.

You're a woman, enjoy yourself, and believe that you can do things.

We are more than just our bodies, but that doesn't mean we have to be shamed for them or our sexuality.

For me, I want a president who is more than a symbol, someone who has ideas that I align with.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone.

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.

A selfie is a sort of interesting way to reclaim the gaze, right? You're looking at yourself and taking a photo while looking at everyone.

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.

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.

The world should not be exclusive of the ideal body. It has to include all ideals, all bodies.

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.

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.

Pop music is great, but there's a lot of BS about the attitude of guys being super-gangster - that's why the whole thing is silly. It's making fun of itself. That self-awareness is why people enjoy it. It's refreshing.

When I was 14, a lot of people said, "She's such a good actress, she loves theater, she looks like a woman, she should consider moving to L.A. and trying to do this professionally." My parents were hesitant, but they would take me.

I always have Aquaphor which is just for like chapped lips, especially in the wintertime when you're traveling a lot. That's just the worst combination of things. And always a really good pair of jeans. Something vintage-y, a little loose and boyfriend-y, but not over the top. They're just comfortable but could still be dressed up or down.

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.

I feel like every woman, and actually any guy who hasn't played that many sports, you secretly wonder, like, 'Would I be a pro athlete?'

I genuinely hit puberty before everyone.

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

I really was more sexual than my classmates.

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

Social media is something women didn't have 10 years ago, and that's a big aspect in feminism today. I don't have to be filtered by anyone. I choose.

Any woman is sexual, absolutely.

When a woman who is sexual takes off her top, it plays into something.

Being part of a patriarchal society, it kind of helped me figure out what I was all about.

A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement.They don't need to be mutually exclusive.

When I post a selfie and someone comments, 'Oh, sure, go ahead and reclaim your sexuality, I got my rocks off,' that's not my problem.

A woman talks about having sex, and it's like, well, a guy got to have sex with you, so you're stupid. You've given something up.

I'm a young woman who lives in a world of social media; I'll post boring things too!

I was born in London and lived there until I was five. We traveled a lot. But really San Diego is my hometown. It's where I went to high school.