Top 33 Brooklyn Decker Quotes

My dad is a Type 1 diabetic. I grew up in a household where we were really conscious about cutting back on sugar because we had to for his health.

You know what I love the smell of? Christmas trees and pine. I always have a pine candle even if it’s not Christmas.

N’sync – I had all their faces taped to my jeans for their concert when I was 13.

I really love going places without a map.

Whenever I’m near a body of water, I love to rent a kayak. It’s easy to use, and you not only get a cardio workout but also do a vigorous upper-body workout, pushing and pulling your paddle through the water.

I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face.

I don’t see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I have an insane sweet tooth.

Being married to Andy has given me a new appreciation for my body. He’s taught me that it’s not how thin you are that matters. It’s how your body performs, how it endures wear and tear.

Guys, your home should never smell like artificial food: candy canes, gum drops, lemon bars. I mean, I will consume lemon bars in mass quantities, but I don’t want my house to smell like one.

Because I’m such a tomboy, I hate showing off my body.

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They’re pretty grounded; it wasn’t until they saw the trailer for ‘Battleship’ that they were like, ‘Ooh, this is a big movie, isn’t it?’

Married life suits me.

I’m named after a horse. My mom’s best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested ‘Brooklyn’ as a more formal version, and it just stuck – and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.

I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience.

I want to live a normal life – drive my kids to school, have tons of animals running around, be barefoot and pregnant. I want all that.

Yes, Adam Sandler is a good kisser, and other actresses have said the same thing to me. They’ve come up to me – other actresses who‘ve kissed him – and said, ‘Hey, so good, right?’

A little scruff looks nice, but it feels so uncomfortable. Think about how a guy wants a girl to have smooth legs: It’s expected. Shouldn’t a guy be expected to do the same on his face? I think that’s only fair.

I love candy, but when I’m cooking, I will use Splenda Naturals to try and cut back on sugar.

The ‘Sports Illustrated‘ cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, ‘You know what, I really… I don’t want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.’ And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.

I think that I’d like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we’ll see if I can actually accomplish that.

My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It’s how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around.

Philip Seymour Hoffman – I just think he’s incredible.

I like an English sense of humor: dry, dirty, a little bit off. That’s kind of my taste.

I would like to say I’ve achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You’re not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.

You become a model once you go through hair, makeup, and Photoshop.

We always have veggies, nuts, spreads, and fruits laying around the house.

I’m kind of like a tween. I’ve read all ‘Hunger Games‘ books in three days.

The good thing about kids is they want to be mobile; they want to be running around nonstop. They want to play. They want to be outside. So they’re inherently more active than we are, because we get much lazier as we get older. Part of being a parent is keeping up with your kid.

The Brawny man is a prime example of a guy with a cool-looking mustache.

With acting, if you audition terribly, at least you know, ‘I messed that up. I was horrible. That’s why I didn’t get the job.’ With modeling, it’s like, ‘I’m not cool this year; therefore, I’m unemployed for a while.’ With modeling, it’s just, either you’re liked, or you’re not.

I’m not going to sit here and say, ‘Pity me; I came from modeling.’ It’s opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they’ve heard the name before. That’s an advantage that I have.

Truth be told, I would love to tell you that I work out every single day and I’m really into yoga and meditation, but it’s just unrealistic. I truly could not keep up if I tried.