At the beginning I didn't even really think about making a movie [Dream of Life]. I was just thinking of documenting somebody.

[Through the making of Dream of Life] I learned about being patient, perseverance, having a dream, a goal. I learned that I can accomplish something despite not knowing anything about it when I begin.

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

At the beginning I didn't even really think about making a movie [Dream of Life]. I was just thinking of documenting somebody.

I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.

Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.