Top 22 Claudia Schiffer Quotes

It’s very difficult today for girls to become supermodels. There is a lot more competition, a lot of countries in the East have opened up so there are many more models than there were in the Nineties. Now they have to compete with famous actresses but also with, say, reality stars to be on the magazine covers.

I am very conservative. I don’t invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.

I set for myself only small goals, goals that are not that far away.

I don’t think you should give away your name and face to something you don’t believe 100-percent in.

Everything has to be perfect in my business. Because when there is a mistake I am the one who is responsible.

The stadium here in Munich is the best of the lot for me. It is absolutely fantastic, especially the way it lights up a different colour according to who is playing. It’s superb.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn’t bother me.

I always wanted to be less tall. When I was at school I was the same height as all of my girlfriends and then suddenly I was turning 12 and almost overnight I got really tall.

This is not a change of career for me. Just an expansion of it. I have contracts and obligations and business partners who are counting on me. And I would only want to do another movie if it’s as good as this one.

I’m amazed when I see mothers wearing high heels. If your kids run off you can’t run after them.

My friends often tell me how very German I still am.

I am calm most of the time.

Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It’s German, but not provincial.

I love wearing flat shoes, but I am not one of those girls who walks around in sweat pants and sneakers.

I’ve never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

Nobody has time to keep trying on a load of things in the morning like a teenager.

But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is right. It’s not fair, and I wish it would change.

I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want.

I’m fortunate enough that I don’t have to accept every movie that comes along.

I want to give people easy things to wear.

I have always loved cashmere and knitwear is the first thing I’m drawn to when shopping – even if I don’t need any.

I love movies, I’ve always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.