I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.

One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let the camera in. It's an intimacy that the model or actor creates with the lens, that then transmits itself to the viewer.

The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point.

The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.

When people see the conventions, they think they're going to get the straightforward genre - I don't give them that and they get mad. People see that and they think I don't understand the conventions because I'm not a good filmmaker.