I used to see myself as some sort of musician type but there came a point when I thought: actually, this isn’t me at all. I’m much less glamorous. I’m one of these people with corduroy jackets with elbow patches. It was a real comedown.
“I had fallen in love with the camera, with technique, with beautiful shots, with experimentation for its own sake… It was a totally intellectual film, and therefore less than human.”