My paintings are rubbish.

I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.

Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

You adapt to who you're photographing.

I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really.

I love learning new techniques.