"It was more than shooting another guy when you’re shooting John Lennon. Even I knew that much, and I was just a dumb kid, twenty years old. It was like photographing a god. I’m grateful for the people who had faith I could handle the job."

"It’s an incredible honor to win an Oscar [for 2001’s Pollack), so much joy, and a moment I’ll never forget. But the next morning? Scripts were not piled up outside my door . . . If you talked to people in the couple of years right after I won the Oscar, they probably would have said I was the clichéd Oscar disaster. But I’m grateful for the trophy."

"Creation of the ladies is still the greatest creation ever. I still think that today. Nothing better."

"As fat as they make you, I am really grateful for avocados. I grew up in California where you could always get a great avocado. When I first went to New York, I was so surprised; avocados are not so easy to get there, and I thought, ‘What kind of place is this anyway?’"

"I love the color black . . . I love how incredibly simple it makes dressing. That’s really all there is to it."

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