I Loved Movies And Went To See

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.

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 Loved Cutting Together Simple Commercials About Margarine Or Soft Drinks - All Kinds Of Silly Products - But I Tried To Make The Commercials Different.

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.

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.