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When I came out to Hollywood, I was a crazy young kid who didn't have a lot of direction.

I thought twenty was pretty scary, like, not being able to call myself a teenager anymore, and feeling like an adult - that kind of made me nervous.

I think the years leading up to 21 were a bit more fun than 21 and beyond might be.

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it.

I think one day I want to be on the other side of the camera-maybe directing.

When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very large scale. Working with people that genuinely want to make good art or good work or a good film, that's what keeps me going.