I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.

I hope I don't have to act in one of my own projects again.

I developed a group of friends around me that were all as crazy as I was about wanting to make films.

I am a mechanical techie. I can build things with my hands.

It was a hobby I got into a long time ago, hacking cameras. I was able to make my own using different lenses.

I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.

I'm from Wisconsin; well, that's where I went to school from, like, sixth grade till I graduated high school.