The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.

Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in whatever is going on. And I'm not that comfortable myself.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.

A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I can actually get.