In Finland, Getting A University Degree Is

A Government Institution Called The Finnish Film Foundation Funds Filmmaking There, And I Wrote Several Screenplays But Never Got Any Money. They Were Sent Back To Me, And They Said That They Were Too Commercial For Them.

I Did Some Film Reviews For Small Papers In Finland And Things Like That To Be Able To Keep Living Here.

Several Times We Were Stranded In Strange Places Without Any Money And With Our Credit Cards Cancelled - Trapped In A Hotel That We Couldn't Check Out Of Because We Had No Money To Check Out.

In Finland, Getting A University Degree Is The First Thing That You Expect Your Kids To Do.

I Decided That, Somehow, I Had To Get Out Of There And Go To Hollywood. I Had Never Been To America.