Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich
Milica Bogdanovna "Milla" Jovovichis a Ukrainian-born American actress, model, musician, and fashion designer. She has appeared in numerous science fiction and action films, leading the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick-butt" in 2006. Born in Kiev, Jovovich emigrated with her parents to the United States when she was five. In 1987, she began modeling at the age of 12 when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei. Richard Avedon featured...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 December 1975
CityKiev, Ukraine
I'm still an artist. I'm never gonna do a shit movie, because I've got my modeling to support me.
You do end up putting between two to four months of your time into these movies, and if you don't make enough of them, you don't have a guarantee that any of them are going to be released apart from L.A. and New York. It's a problem, you know,to get two of them released, you have to make ten.
From childhood my mother had me examining Robert Mapplethorpe's style and Egon Schiele's framing - that's what modelling is about.
My poor mum had a lot of problems with me around that time. I was young but I'd been working for years, so if she asked me to clean my room I'd say, 'You can't tell me what to do after I've worked a 12-hour day.' It gave me a power that no one that age should have.
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them.
Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested.
I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves.
I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.
From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman.
When you're able to survive a martial arts workout session, it definitely builds your stamina and builds your tolerance.
At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but my mum forbid it. Right now, I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.
Everybody needs to go to Mongolia just to see what it is to be a human being again.
I think I'm a very pretty girl. I'm never going to pretend to think otherwise. There are even days I feel I'm fabulously hot and sexy. I'm grateful for my looks. My family is doing well because of them. I can make career choices and turn down movies because of them and I have been making money from them for 17 years. My looks are who I am.