Zoolander's Best Quotes - Zoolander Movie 13th Anniversary
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Today marks the 13th anniversary of Ben Stiller's Zoolander, the seminal fashion comedy of our time. Word is that the Zoolander 2 sequel is officially happening, and will possibly star Cara Delevingne—so we're took a look back at the film's best fashion quotes.
1) "Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" —Derek Zoolander
2) "I'm sorry that good looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself." —Hansel
3) "People come up to me all the time and say 'you should be a model,' or 'you look just like a model,' or 'maybe you should try to be a man who models.' And I always have to laugh because I'm so good looking. Of course I'm a model." —Derek
4) "Let me show you Derelicte. It is a fashion, a way of life inspired by the very homeless, the vagrants, the crack whores that make this wonderful city so unique." —Jacobim
5) "Now if you'll excuse me, I have an after-funeral party to attend." —Derek
6) Derek Zoolander: "Well I guess it all started the first time I went through the second grade. I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal, and I remember thinking "wow, you're ridiculously good looking, maybe you could do that for a career."
Matilda: "Do what for a career?"
Derek Zoolander: "Be professionally good looking."
7) "If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiselled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident." —Derek
8) Derek Zoolander: "What say we settle this on the runway...Han-Solo?"
Hansel: "Are you challenging me to a walk-off... Boo-Lander?"
9) "I have problems with turns, because I'm left handed, and they haven't built a left handed runway yet. I've done over 1,000 runway shows in my career, and if you put all those runways end to end, it'd be so long I couldn't even walk down it without getting tired. I think the only good thing about it would be there'd be no turns." —Derek
10) "You know, I love modelling. I'd like to do this forever. When I'm 30, I hope I'm still modeling." —Derek
Bonus: "What is this? A center for ants?! How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?" —Derek
Lauren Alexis Fisher is the Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan, overseeing digital content across fashion, lifestyle, beauty, sex, and culture. Previously, she was the Market Editor at Harper’s BAZAAR and has written for publications including WWD, Bustle, and W Magazine. When she’s not busy taste-testing her way through every dirty martini in New York, you can follow her on Instagram for bad jokes, good outfits, and annoying vacation pics.
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