Annie Quotes

"I've never liked the word celebrity. I like to photograph people who are good at what they do. I think the real problem today is, the Internet has created the demand for so much more information that we need to almost drum up more celebrities. We've run out, and now what we're doing is, we're making them up."

"I work so much, I get the opportunity to photograph almost anyone you would want to photograph. I can only think of dead people who I wish I could've photographed--Martha Graham or Elvis Presley. I just missed Elvis Presley."

"Some of the most difficult subjects in entertainment are people who have been in show business for a very long time. I think they have no sense of reality. You know, like Sammy Davis Jr. or even Michael Jackson. The other way I answer that question is that I do want to continue in this business, so I'd be an idiot to talk about anyone who's alive."

I've heard you're not easy to work for. Would you agree with that?

"I've heard that too, actually. I came from a place where I was working by myself, and as I started to use assistants, I couldn't understand why they couldn't see exactly what I saw. I would be very frustrated. I'm happy to say that I have a really great group of people now who've been with me for a long time. They know that I'm pretty demanding."