I grew up in Jersey. I've been to the Jersey Shore countless times. I've lived it.
I think I learned a lot on Beaches. A guy I worked with Dante Spinotti is a wonderful cinematographer and it was his first picture and he went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for "LA Confidential" which was great.
I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.
I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
Antigua has 365 beaches, one for each day of the year, which I think is rather unique for such a small island.
For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.
August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.
My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
My favourite place in South Korea is Jeju Island: it's a tropical paradise with sandy beaches, turquoise waters, and the magnificent Geomunoreum lava tube system of underground caves.
And, of course, Barbados is the other place where I like to be.
From the rugged cliffs of Cape Liptrap peninsula jutting bravely into the swells of Bass Strait, the coast arcs southeast, hugging the waters of Waratah Bay with sweeping flat lines of fine pale sand and knotty scrub.
Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique.
I love Barbados, it's really relaxing.
I grew up on Cape Cod. We didn't live right on the water, but I could walk to it and did every day.
New Jersey was like home for me the first time I was there.
I've always lived by the ocean, and I always will. There's nothing like taking a walk and being able to smell the ocean breeze.
Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.
The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances, and is fringed with reefs and islands. It is a favourite resort of Parisians throughout its stretch, from Dinard to Plestin.
Hawaii is absolutely beautiful.
The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life.
Myths that need clarification: "Everyone in California lives on a white, sandy beach." False. The only people who live on California beaches are vacationers from Arizona, Utah, and Nevada who own condos.
The Mediterranean is always just white, white, white.
