I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different.

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.

I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.

I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.

I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.

In Hollywood, you tend to get pigeonholed to certain genres, and then when you try to do something different, it's not always so easy. Obviously, you don't want to keep repeating yourself, all the time. So, it's a constant struggle for every filmmaker and actor to find something that you can really feel passionate about. It's a profession like anything else.