As a kid, I was always into clothes, but I didn't have the money to buy them. When I'd get my brothers' hand-me-downs, there was an energy in me that made me say, "I want to get my own things, to make my own statement." Somewhere along the line, that energy - coupled with my exposure, through movies, to a world I hadn't known - turned into something.

I'm interested in longevity, timelessness, style - not fashion.

As I started to buy cars, I didn't know that I was building a collection. I just wanted the cars I was dreaming about. Once you drive a good one, it is like having a fever.

I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing.

The best thing you can do is go away from this saying, 'I can do this too,' because it's all possible and I'm living proof.

When I create a collection, I approach it with a cinematic point of view-I am not designing clothes, I'm creating a world.

I am not looking like Armani today and somebody else tomorrow. I look like Ralph Lauren. And my goal is to constantly move in fashion and move in style without giving up what I am.