If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.
I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
There were times that I thought I was good looking.
Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.
A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.
I gave up my struggle with perfection a long time ago. That is a concept I don't find very interesting anymore. Everyone just wants to look good in the photographs. I think that is where some of the pressure comes from. Be happy. Be yourself, the day is about a lot more.
When I worked as a music and fashion photographer, I always had the nagging feeling that there was something missing, that I wasn't using my skills productively. I gave up photography - I walked away from it completely - and started doing care work.
Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.