I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.