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I was always the weirdo at school.

I was a weird kid.

Basically, I was a freak show. This kid with this big old voice. I was a travelling freak.

I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience.

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.

'Freaks and Geeks' was my favorite show when it was on, by a wide measure. And that's the show I wanted to do. I noodled with the idea of doing a show about teenagers that told small stories, small moments of personal growth.

I was a very strange child.

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot.

I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school.