Quiver Magazine Interview

Quiver Magazine

Tell me about yourself. Who is Philip Fusco? Where are you from?
My name is Philip Fusco born and raise in New York. I am 21 years old and have been seriously interested in fitness since Ive been 14 and entered into modeling at the age of 17..

What are your best and worst qualities?
Best quality is definitely I am reliable and I never give up
worst- sometimes (this sounds corney) I try to hard to achieve things

Who has been the biggest influence in your life?
My mother. She taught me a lot about life and made me who I am.

How did you get into modeling?
Myspace started me in the business. I made the top 10 list in the United States at the age of 17.

What was the first thing you did when saw your Exercise For Men Only cover?
I almost jumped and hit the ceiling in excitement

What photographer would you like to work with? Why?
Bruce Webber. He is so good.

You are a new Vistaman and Score Underwear model. How did these come about?
This all came about through a referral by one of my friends, and photographer John Falocco.

What do you do to stay in shape?
I love green food, escarole and broccoli rabe, and going to the gym.

What are you majoring in at school?
My major is advertising and marketing.

You are a busy guy between school and modeling. What do you do to relax?
I sit down and watch tv or I will go to sleep. Usually, I relax when I am working out at the gym.

What is the most daring thing you have done?
I went bungee jumping.

Most models eventually transition into acting. Do you have any plans to go into acting?
I would love too. I really want to transition into acting and make it in Hollywood.

What projects do you have coming up?
Photoshoots and A LOT of work with Vista and Score.

What is your ultimate goal? Where do you want to be in 5 years from now?
In HOLLYWOOD and on billboards

Let's get a little more personal for your fans.
What is your favorite food?
STEAK AND PROTEIN

What kind of music do you like to listen to?
EVERYTHING (LITERALLY) TECHNO HOUSE, COUNTRY, HIP HOP, and ROCK

If you had 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
Lots of money/ to be famous/ and a personal concierge service

Boxers or Briefs?
Boxers

What do you wear to bed?
I wear a white tank top, comfortable boxers, and pajama pants. In the summer I wear shorts

Philip Fusco for MASCU

It seems like Phil's been everywhere lately (magazine covers, spreads,
underwear lines, etc.) Well he deserves the attention. He's one of the
most unique and photogenic male models I've worked with in a while.
It's only fitting I have him as the opener for new MASCU blog.

INTERVIEW WITH PHIL FUSCO FOR MASCU:

You've done a lot of fitness
work lately, how does doing fitness compare with doing more
edgy/fashion?I love doing fitness and I also love
edgy fashion...with fashion I feel a little more classy in front of the
camera as I wear a little more than a single piece of underwear. Plus
the nice clothes are definitely a plus.

How did you get started in modeling? What was the driving force?I started modeling because of a
company that picked me up when i was 17 years old. This was all a
result of my hard work in the gym since I've been 14 years old. My
driving force is definitely the fact that I use to be a skinny small kid
and I wasn't really satisfied with that look, I felt like i needed to
upgrade myself.Where do you see yourself in
this industry in 3 to 5 years?
Hopefully in some sort of Hollywood
acting profession, maybe on billboards, definitely don't want to picture
myself as a bum who is doing nothing with himself.What was your MASCU photo
shoot experience like, working with Michael Downs?
Michael Downs is
great. He knows how to get the job done but also at the same time
incorporate some fun into the job.

Morphosis Interview

Fashion and fitness model Philip Fusco (21), claims he's 75% Italian and 25% Irish. He's been modelling professionally since September 2008 only (although he has admittedly entered the industry at the age of 17) but the Internet geeks around the world already saw his perfect features everywhere on the blogosphere.
The Adonis also is the cover boy of American fitness magazine Exercise’s May 2009 issue (last picture) and appears on eight pages plus the pullout poster.
Busy like a bevy of bees all by himself, Philip Fusco nonetheless kindly took the time to answer my questions.


Lestat:
How did you start your career?
Philip:
I sent my pictures into Empire Model Management and Ryan Colby called and said he wanted to see me in person.
Lestat:
How do you feel about modelling and what do you like most in it?
Philip:
I love modelling. My favourite part is the constant motivation from photographers to look the best you can for the pictures.
Lestat:
What's a working day like?
Philip:
A working day is like ten and I am in the city and I don’t leave the city for like five hours.
Lestat:
Who / what inspires you most in life in general?
Philip :
My one inspiration in my life probably comes from my mother... she tells me exactly when I am not on cue and when something needs to be worked on, she also pushes me to go to the gym and makes myself look the best I can.
Lestat:
How was your latest assignment, and what was the job like?
Philip:
It was a photoshoot for my portfolio. The job was really fun, quite alot of travelling involved (being in New Jersey) but the photographer was awesome and he offered to feed me!
Lestat:
How do you spend your spare time?
Philip:
My hobbies definitely have to be electronics and boxing or grappling (ultimate fighting) and bodybuilding... I spend my spare time at the gym and hanging out with my friends.
Lestat:
What are your projects?
Philip:
My projects are to keep pushing myself until I make it onto a billboard somewhere!
Lestat:
Sounds great! And what would be the perfect next assignment like?
Philip:
The perfect assignment is like this:
1. the photographer comes to my house (save me travelling)
2. a crew comes with unlimited food (protein)
3. a complimentary shopping spree afterwards be quite delightful too
Lestat:
You know what you’re after! Er… and is love important to you?
Philip:
Of course it is... isn’t love important to everybody?
Lestat:
Possibly… it’s arguable! What do you wear to bed?
Philip:
In bed... in the winter I wear pyjama pants and a t-shirt, in the summer usually just a pair of underwear and that’s it.
Lestat:
I see… Do you spend much time on the Internet?
Philip:
I would say like 35% of my day is usually on the Internet.
Lestat:
Answer the question you'd like to be asked.
Philip:
Do I pluck my eyebrows?
I get them cleaned now... But being from Long Island, I would do my eyebrows with wax all the time... There were extremely shaped and looked kinda girly, I did live on Long Island where it’s normal there so I had no idea until I met Ryan at The Empire and he looked at me and had a heart attack... he told me if I touch them, my hands would be chopped off.
Lestat:
He’s right. But take care, just in case!


"Man-of-the-Year-able" super model loves the gym, as you can imagine. Fact is, he truly does. He's used to working out at least four times a week. Even when he doesn't want to go to the gym, he makes himself go. That's one of the secrets of his awesome features.
He will co-MC a fashion show for underwear brand Score tonight in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Audience members will be given the opportunity to bid on and buy the Score tees right off his back! Other than that, Philip would love to work on a constant basis with Abercrombie & Fitch.
This cool dude totally rocks!