I had a dual role: designer and advocate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been an art director, a book designer, a book-jacket designer and an interior designer.
I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.
My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.
As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.
My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.
I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally.
I've done a handful of great roles.
I became a set designer for opera.
I never had a role that I set out for. I always wanted to have a body of work that I'm proud of. Save for two projects, which will never pass my lips, I'm happy with what I've done.
The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.