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I can't not be who I am.

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

It's very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don't recognise myself.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.