SASHA PIVOVAROVA IS THE FACE OF ETERNAL YOUTH 
What do Sasha Pivovarova, Noah Mills, Jon Kortajarena, and Rosie  Huntington-Whiteley all have in common? Aside from the ability to work a  catwalk, these are the latest models to go from the catwalk to the  silver screen. This fall, the Russian beauty Sasha Pivovarova, known for  her sniper-like stare, appears alongside Justin Timberlake in In Time, a  movie about a future world where people stop aging at 25 and where, if  you have the means, it's possible to buy eternal youth. Here's the  catch: Pivovarova plays Clara, Justin Timberlake's grandmother, even  though she doesn't look like she's cracked her 30s, a plot device that  raises the level of irony in the film. 
 Brooklyn-based Pivovarova, who makes art and reads the greats texts of  Russian literature and cultural theory in her spare time—from Milan  Kundera to Theodor Adorno—has been in fashion editorials in major  magazines, including Interview, as well as appearing on the covers of  nearly every fashion magazine, most recently her first cover of French  Vogue. We caught up with Pivovarova and talked about what was like being  on screen, the value of time, fashion as art, and what it's like seeing  yourself in the magazines. 
 MADISON MOORE: You play Clara, Vincent Kartheiser's mother-in-law in In Time, which stars Justin Timberlake. How did you land that role? 
 SASHA PIVOVAROVA: One day I got a phone call from my IMG agent,  Liz [Carpenter] telling me that I had an option to try for small but  important part in a very interesting and exciting movie project. The  working title of the movie was I Am An Immortal, and I liked that right  away. I started reading the script and I liked it even more, and a few  months later I flew to LA for a shoot. 
 MOORE: What do you think about the concept of time as currency? 
 PIVOVAROVA: I would not want to live in such a world, but the  movie plot is very interesting, it makes you reflect on how precious  time really is. 
 MOORE: Could you relate to your character? 
 PIVOVAROVA: I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother. 
 MOORE: As a child, did you ever dream about being a movie star? 
 PIVOVAROVA: As a child, I always thought about big screen and  even played in a amateur theatrical studio. I would do more film roles  if I am invited. 
 MOORE: You've been on the cover of Italian Vogue five times, and  you recently had your first cover of Vogue Paris. Is it ever strange  when you walk past a newsstand and see your face on the cover of one or  more magazines ? 
 PIVOVAROVA: It feels really strange when I walk by newsstands and I don't see any magazines with me in it! [Laughs] 
 MOORE: Before you became a model, you studied art back in Russia,  and you've been working on specially commissioned art books for Prada  and Karl Lagerfeld. What materials do you use for your art? 
 PIVOVAROVA: Anything that leaves marks, including tea, red wine, and lipstick. 
 MOORE: Do you see fashion as a kind of art? 
 PIVOVAROVA: I think people who are working in this industry are the greatest artists of our time. 
 IN TIME IS OUT IN THEATERS NOW.