I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

I couldn't wait to come to New York to reinvent myself.

I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.

A lot of artists need structure.

The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family.

Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up. It sounds kind of cliché, but it's true.

A lot of my close friends have committed suicide or died of heroin overdoses.