I LOVE FILM. WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, "WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DO?" I ALWAYS SAY, "I WANT TO BE A DIRECTOR." THEN THEY WONDER WHY I'M SHOOTING ALL THESE PICTURES. WELL, IT'S SIMPLE. THE WOMEN, THE FASHION AND THE MOMENT. I WAS ALWAYS A SUCKER FOR BEAUTY. MOST OF MY STUDENT FILMS ALWAYS FEATURED A FEMME FATALE, USUALLY MY GOOD FRIEND JENNEFER, WHO WAS A KNOCKOUT. I ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT HER IN THE MOVIE, JUST SO PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION AND IT WOULD USUALLY WORK. HOWEVER, ON THE LONG RUN IT DID ME BAD, BECAUSE I BEGAN TO FOCUS MORE ON THE LOOK OF THE FILM RATHER THAN STORY. BY THE TIME I GOT OUT OF NYU I HAD LEANRED MY LESSON. THUS, IT WASN'T AN IDEA FAR TOO FETCHED THAT I STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING RIGHT AFTER. PICTURES ARE A HELLUVA A LOT EASIER TO DO TOO. BESIDES, MOVIES ARE ALL REALLY JUST MOVING PICTURES, 24 FRAMES PER SECOND, BUT WITH A SOUNDTRACK. AND I'VE AS MUCH RESPECT FOR HELMUT NEWTON AS FOR DAVID LEAN OR JOHN HOUSTON. I ADORE EVERYONE'S WORK FROM BERTOLUCCI TO WEBER. ON TOP OF THAT I TURNED ALSO INTO A CLOTHE'S FREAK. EVERYONE SHOULD OWN A PAIR OF VERSACE SHOES AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE NO? YES, I THINK FASHION IS VERY IMPORTANT. IN THE WORDS OF KARL LAGERFELD, "WE GET DRESSED EVERY MORNING DON'T WE?" SO YEAH THAT'S ME. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER BE TOTTALLY HAPPY TOO. WHENEVER I SET MYSELF A GOAL AND I DO IT, I JUST MAKE ANOTHER ONE EVEN HARDER. NOT THAT IS EASY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE TO DO. I'M STILL YOUNG AND HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT CHANGES VERY SOON.