I Feel Like I Learned Very Early

You Just Never Give Up, No Matter How Hard The Challenges Are, And Observe This World With A Healthy Dose Of Criticism And Don't Just Follow The Herd Like Somebody Else Might Do.

Eventually, In '84, We Made A Film For A Little Over A Million Dollars - With American Actors That Was Shot In English - That Was Shown In Finland A Little Action Film Called Born American.

I Became A Real Shell Motor Oil Expert, And I Did This 25-minute Film. It Turned Out Really Well And, As A Result, They Offered Me More Work And Lots Of Commercials To Direct.

There Were A Lot Of People Dreaming About Making Films, And They Would Finance Maybe 6 Films A Year. Because They Were Funded By The Government, The Films Sort-of Had To Deal With Serious Social Issues - And, As A Result, Nobody Went To See Those Films.

It Proved To Be Pretty Impossible To Get Funds For A Feature Film In Finland. It's Still Small, But The Film Industry Was Miniscule At That Point In The Early '80s.