"Well, I usually shoot heroin and drink champagne," Stone said, and she headed off to the dressing room to figure out her hair.
I asked Avedon to decode Stone's performance so far. "Everything she said was in the hope of being quoted," he said. "The name-dropping was very smart. My portrait of John Ford. Chess with Art Buchwald. They're professional charm-workers . . . She has no interest in anyone else . . . She's interested in the effect she has on you. When she thinks she sees her reflection in your eye, and I respond, she's satisfied and changes the subject."
From John Lars' essay 'Hide-and-Seek on p.46-47 of Richard Avedon's 'Performance'.
So, how did Richard Avedon capture the essential Sharon Stone, as he saw her? Full blog here
