I interview about three thousand models yearly, and I must see almost 20 tons of excess avoirdupois annually.

You never know when or where you will find the next new model, but you can bet someone from Ford Models will be looking.

Models are a business, and they have to treat themselves as a business, which means they have to take care of themselves and give up all the young joys.

Most of our models have just walked in off the streets, although I also find them on countless trips to Europe - particularly Scandinavia. I operate by instinct. It's a process I cannot explain, but the prettiest girl on the block is not always the best model.

I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead.

I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things.