Interview

I find it curious that a lot of your phobias are home-related, like your fears of antique furniture and silver.

My phobias have been greatly exaggerated. I don’t mind a chair. I can go as far back as you want with Asia or Mexico. It’s that French/English/Scottish old mildewy stuff. Old dusty heavy drapes and big tables with lions’ heads carved in it. Stuff that kings were around.

That’s the stuff I can’t be around. It was too big to be functional. It creeps me out.

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