What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.
The cool part about New York is that you can do that. You can talk to all the people you admire.
I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.
A lot of artists need structure.
Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find these intimate moments and that people trusted me. That, basically, my camera was magic.
A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists is really slim."