Of course one worries about getting older - we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor?

To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.

An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

Inquiry and curiosity is really important in any profession, but definitely in what I do. And in parallel you also need to be confident enough to try things. So it's a tricky thing sometimes to balance those two states.