When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What's so great about DreamWorks is that it's run by filmmakers who believe that if it's not broke, don't fix it.
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.
I didn't make good money on 'Nightmare' until part three. I eventually got some nice merchandising checks.
In Dreams... well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it.
I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios.
When I first came to Hollywood, I used to dream of doing films and escaping television.
My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.
Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.