There are ways of angling the camera. I don't just use a tripod. The only time I did that was in '88 when I first came out of detox, I spent every day doing self-portraits to fit back into my own skin. I didn't know what the world looked like - what I looked like - so in order to fit back into myself, I took self-portraits everyday to give myself courage and to fit the pieces back together. I used a tripod then.

I also met Dominique Sanda, who I always worshipped.

My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.

I don't think I am going to do pictures which are anything like Renaissance art.

I remember so many girls when I was growing up who hated the way they looked.

I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.

I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.