'I'm not Germaine's toy,' says cover boy. Fairfax Digital (2003-10-18). Alirita 2008-12-25 . “Andresen said that when he was 16, Visconti would take him to gay clubs where he was made uncomfortable by grown men staring at him: 'They looked at me uncompromisingly as if I was a nice meaty dish.'”.
. 'I feel used'. guardian.co.uk (2003-10-16). Alirita 2008-12-25 . “Sometimes he still sees his image as Tadzio in a poster or in a cinema flyer; it used to cause him irritation, but not any more. 'My career is one of the few that started at the absolute top and then worked its way down,' he says. 'That was lonely.'”.