[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try them on.

I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it.

The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it.

I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity.

I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.