People ask me if I am going on making cheesecake pictures now that I'm a star. My answer is that as long as there is a boy in Korea who wants a pinup of me, I'll go on posing for them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She accepts commercial demands if they meet a global desire for her image.
- In plain terms
- I will keep taking pinup photos if people still want them.
- What can you take from it?
- Work continues as long as there is demand.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What keeps you in your job?
- How do you measure demand?
Another view
It implies she has no other career choices beyond image maintenance.
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