98 Quotes by Marie Helvin

I've slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway.

I don't do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.

I can't stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt... a little pony.

As a girl, I lived in jeans, and my love-affair with them continues. Since I turned 50, jeans have become something of a uniform, whether it's a slouchy boyfriend fit for daytime or a leaner, fitted jean in a darker denim for evening.

When I began modelling in my late teens, I started to earn a lot of money very, very quickly, but I'd never been shown how to manage it properly.

Surgery is not going to improve your skin - all it's going to do is make you look tighter, like Joan Rivers!

I don't have children, and I'm not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.

A secret control slip is a wonderful invention. It sculpts and lifts the bum and smooths the hips.

Myself and my two younger sisters and brother were paid for any chores, whether it was washing pop's car, sweeping the lawn or picking mangoes.