--- title: "3 Jean Shrimpton Quotes - Famous Actor (Jean Shrimpton)" description: "Jean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jean-shrimpton-48095.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jean Shrimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jean-shrimpton-48095.jpg) # Jean Shrimpton (1942) Actor United Kingdom **3** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean Shrimpton is an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for *Jean Shrimpton*. ## Quick Facts About Jean Shrimpton Born November 7, 1942 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Actor Notable works Jean Shrimpton ## About Jean Shrimpton Jean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time. In 2009, Harper's Bazaar named Shrimpton one of the 26 best models of all time, and in 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the film Privilege (1967). ## Quotes by Jean Shrimpton > [It was great fun becoming famous, but I got tired of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shrimpton/it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-got-tired-of-it/) [Jean Shrimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shrimpton/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/jean-shrimpton-80583_becoming_it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-g_465338.jpg) > [If I wasn't a model I would have liked to be a gardener. It is still a puzzle to me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shrimpton/if-i-wasn-t-a-model-i-would-have-liked-to-be-a-gardener-it-is-still-a/) [Jean Shrimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shrimpton/) [Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/jean-shrimpton-80583_ashamed_if-i-wasn-t-a-model-i-would-have-liked-t_883720.jpg) > [I never liked being photographed. I just happened to be good at it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shrimpton/i-never-liked-being-photographed-i-just-happened-to-be-good-at-it/) [Jean Shrimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shrimpton/) [Be good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-good/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jean-shrimpton-80583_be-good_i-never-liked-being-photographed-i-just_3010814.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-shrimpton/#itemlist", "name": "Jean Shrimpton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was great fun becoming famous, but I got tired of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Shrimpton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-shrimpton/it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-got-tired-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/jean-shrimpton-80583_becoming_it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-g_465338.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/jean-shrimpton-80583_becoming_it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-g_465338.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/jean-shrimpton-80583_becoming_it-was-great-fun-becoming-famous-but-i-g_465338.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was great fun becoming famous, but I got tired of it.” — Jean Shrimpton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I wasn't a model I would have liked to be a gardener. 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