Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lot of time to sit around and visit cafes.
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I did some traveling as an amateur and always loved the different places I saw.
For me, those little cinemas in Paris where I saw many art films for the first time meant that cinema became a kind of pilgrimage site.
My memory of those places is better than my pictures. That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.
I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife.
I had a good time shooting in New Zealand. I almost bought a home there while I was there, because I loved it so much.
The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth.
Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.
I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.
I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde.
I remember doing a shoot for Herb Ritts, hanging off the Eiffel Tower - that wasn't your usual day at the office. It was terrifying, and in the end, you couldn't really tell how high I was because the photographer was scared of heights, so he was quite far away from me.