I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly.

Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.

The exposure I have had to beautiful materials across the world, from Japan to Italy, enables me to pull design ideas together. This, combined with years of historical research, has created a great fountain of ideas for me.

On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials.