I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.
Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.
I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.
I'm not doing my work for constant success.
I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky.
To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.