But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.

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 don't have any ambitions as an actor. I felt very uncomfortable doing it. The first take every day I'd open my mouth and no words would come out. I'd do a couple of takes and eventually I could run the lines.

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

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

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

When things aren't working out for people, the end of the world seems like an easy way to wipe the slate clean.