As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you’re supposed to do and not supposed to do. – Andrej Pejic
I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, ‘I’m a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.’ But, you know, to me, it doesn’t really matter. – Andrej Pejic
I like to dress up but I’m not so concerned with looking very sexy, it’s really more the art of dressing. – Andrej Pejic
My favourite author is Leon Trotsky – the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too. – Andrej Pejic
Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. It’s a very liberal industry. You can be yourself. Just not overweight. – Andrej Pejic
I’m not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it. – Andrej Pejic
In this society, if a man is called a woman, that’s the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less? – Andrej Pejic
I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn’t want to be with someone who didn’t get that. – Andrej Pejic
When I’m sitting in a casting room in Paris, I’m not the thinnest model. Sometimes I’m not the most flat-chested, either. – Andrej Pejic
