I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.

I have a very vivid memory.

I'm not a big reality show fan, because I just think it's too fake.

It was pop culture, entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me as a kid. I would watch the Oscars and every award show with my parents. I would make lists of who was going to win.

We weren't rich people, but my parents and I shared an interest in the theater and so we went a lot. And that definitely inspired me.

Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.

I thought I was going to be like Kevin Spacey in college.