I Think That They Haven't Been Able

You Have To Be Passionate, You Have To Be Engaged And You Have To Be Contributing To The World.

The Thing About Eyewear Is That It Is So Potent, There Are Very Few Accessories That, If You Were Not Wearing Anything, If You Put On They Would Date You To A Whole Era. You Could Look The Thirties, The Fifties, And The Nineties Just By Your Eyewear. It's Like A Pair Of Shoes Because It Is Sculptural. It Exists Without A Face. It Tells A Lot About Where You Are Architecturally Or Aesthetically In A Particular Period In Time.

I Suppose, Yes, I've Been Guilty Of Provocation But It's Also Just Common Sense Marketing - Put A Bottle Of Scent In A Woman's Cleavage, Or Between Her Thighs - And Men Will Notice.

There's A Different Kind Of Comfort That Comes From Knowing That You Are Putting Your Best Foot Forward. It's Called Psychological Comfort. Look At A Picture Of The Coney Island Boardwalk In 1925. Men Were In Full-on Three-piece Suits, Hats. They May Have Only Had One Suit. But They Pressed It. They Made It Look As Good As Possible.

When I Was A Kid, I Thought I Was Going To Be An Actor. I Actually Studied Acting When I Was At Nyu, And I Made A Lot Of Television Commercials - That's Actually How I Put Myself Through Nyu And Through College.