Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye.
It's harder to do anything in the public eye now, in terms of if you're worried about scrutiny or being judged negatively. It's not as much of a free ride. If you're someone who's making film or TV or music, or any kind of art form now, there's a billion outlets, and they all have an opinion.
I sometimes can't be bothered, dare I say, to spend a copious amount of time on my hair and my face before I go out into the public eye.
Part of the intro to life in the public eye is, you get a bit of attention from fashion designers.
Having every little aspect of your life in the public eye is really hard because it leaves more room for criticism, and I just want to live.
I'm a confident woman with thick skin, and as a model in the public eye, I'm conditioned to accept criticism.
I think it's really strange for somebody that's probably never been in the public eye. All of a sudden I was 'big time' - boom, it all just happened.
For me, it was never a question of whether or not I was transgender. It was a question of what I'd be able to handle transitioning and having to do it in the public eye. One of the issues that was hard for me to overcome was the fear of that.
For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.
Being in the public eye, I have certainly gone through the tabloid situation where they come out with stories that are not true. I don't read or pay attention to it.
