I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.
So many nights I'm up there on stage and I wish everybody out in the audience could see what I see and feel what I feel.
When I am in front of the camera or on stage, I am not me.
When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.
That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.
The problem with doing physically ambitious art is that to view it, you still have to be in your physical body.
I had luck, but I worked hard and I suffered. It's not just photography I'm talking about. It's about whatever dream you want it to be.
I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.
Onstage, I don't want to be thinking about my outfit, I want to think about what I'm doing, so I'll try to dress as comfortably as possible.
I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.