Maud Adams Quotes

Modeling is a great beginning, but it's also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

I feel I've made the transition from model to actress, but I'm not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O'Neill - we all know that a few films don't mean all that much.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

I thought I was an odd person, and since my hometown had only about 70,000 people in it, I knew I was going to have to leave there and go out and find other odd people.

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.

I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

In Sweden, only exceptional actresses get major film parts.

I think most models, when they start out, are insecure. And you become the focus of a lot of people's attention, so outside validation becomes too important.