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Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.

Hollywood have been in touch; they want to make a movie of my life.

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

When you come into the industry as an outsider, you need to have an entrepreneurial spirit to succeed. In Hollywood, it's very clear that you either play by the rules or make up your own. And I wanted to do it my way.

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.

Hollywood is in the perception business where you create layers to create mystery. In Silicon Valley it's about taking away the layers to get to the substance.

I've produced before, and sometimes it's by default. In the indie level, you can't just come to set and be like, 'Oh, I'm an actor.' You have to be willing to help out, make the project happen.