Mario Testino Quotes

I'm never anywhere for more than three weeks.

I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home.

The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months.

I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.

I always live in multiple places. I'm never in the same city for seven days.

I like to absorb the atmosphere and explore wherever I'm working or visiting, so I can't say there's any type of place I don't like. When you travel you have to be open to new experiences.

I've been through so many different phases, partly because I moved around so much. I never found my identity based on where I was from. It was always pick up and explore something else.

I'm based in San Francisco, although I don't usually stay long in one place because we are always moving, we are always on the road. So most of the time, we stay in hotels.

My sister and I grew up all over India, in quaint little towns, especially in the north and the east. Moving every two years made me very outgoing and very adaptable.

I've never had a fear of traveling and going to a new place. I adapt.

I actually love the challenge of being in a new place where I'm so obviously the foreigner.

I'm always open to doing things.

Even before I was in New York, I couldn't even count how many places I lived in L.A. Definitely over 10.

I encourage people to be floaters: don't stay in one group for too long.

I wouldn't mind if I had to travel every single day. I love meeting new people and experiencing new things, making new connections with people in different places.

I have an open mind to learning new experiences.

I'm an army brat - so I grew up traveling every two to four years.

I'll be happy to go anywhere that will take me, honestly.

When you travel, try having an open mind, not just about the city that you're in but about the surrounding areas.

I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to Oakland at that point. And then we had a couple years in Stockton and Pasadena. And by the time I was 13, I was back in Oakland.

My dad didn't like staying in one place, so we moved around every year - to a new house, new town, new country.

I'm open to all opportunities.

One of the things I love about my job is that it offers me an opportunity to step into different people and different spaces and different kinds of work in every new thing that I do. I'm just looking forward to the surprises I'm going to have.

I really wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone, and that meant leaving England and really changing culture and different ideas and philosophies in a club environment.

I continually reinvent myself. It keeps things interesting.