12 Quotes by Marisa Berenson

I adored my father - I was more attached to him than anyone.

I wasn't happy at all as a child. I was very privileged and knew extraordinary people, but I felt very lonely: my mother thought I was extremely difficult and my grandmother was extremely severe.

When I get in front of a camera all my fears and my inhibitions just go away. As a model, I feel that I am acting, too, playing different parts and showing different facets of myself.

I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.

I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.

I'm a free spirit, so if I am with someone it has to be a man who understands that, and not all men do.

My ultimate goal is to become a saint.

I think I was very shy and introverted when I was younger, and yet, when I got in front of the camera or went out on the town, I was able to go out half-naked and do anything.

I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.