I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I wanted to play it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
The only reason why I tend to pass on a movie is either I don't think I'm right for the material and can't play it honestly, or because of time constraints with personal things in my life.
I think it would be frustrating having to do things you wouldn't want to do, having to make movies you didn't like.
It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.
I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.
I had a brother who was bullying me to write something because we wanted to make our own movies. So it was out of necessity in the beginning. Over time, I began to see that I could create the roles I wanted to play rather than just waiting around.
I haven't really tried to write a movie. It's tough to get into that mode.
I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.
I could not make mistakes while choosing films when I started out.
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.