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.

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

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

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

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

If the movies that I'm going to make anyway go mainstream, that would be the coolest thing ever. But I have set up a plan that I've been working on for a long time.

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