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I am a little bit of an egomaniac. I like being in front of the camera, so I take advantage of it when I can.

If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

I have a genuine philosophy. I do not want to make negative pictures about people, and so I do everything I can to help make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. That is what is going to control your picture, because you are alone if your subject is not with you. And that's the simple answer to getting a good picture.

I don't like, and I've never been very good at, close-up shots. As soon as you have the camera right there in front of you, it feels like you're in a different reality from the person you are acting with; you lose any real connection with them.

In the car and in front of the camera I tend to be very calm but behind the scenes I can get fired up and passionate, I just don't see the need to shout my mouth off in public.

In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

By nature, I am a low-key person and like being behind the camera.