Quotes By Tyra Banks

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

I've had my heart broken one too many times.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

I think every woman would want to do something about their cellulite!

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them.

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.

I think I'm too young to be a mogul. I think I'm too young for that.

You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.

When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

In high school I definitely had a clique of friends. And what I loved about it was that we were healthy and good girls.

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.

I love being able to go to a store, let's say... a store like Topshop or Zara or maybe even Macy's, depends on what department, and not have to look at the price tag.