I Was Making Films When I Was

I Think That Villains Who Are Just Brawn, Muscles And Weapons Are Boring. So I Always Try To Find Intelligence In My Villains And Also A Sense Of Humor Whenever That Is Possible.

I Became A Real Shell Motor Oil Expert, And I Did This 25-minute Film. It Turned Out Really Well And, As A Result, They Offered Me More Work And Lots Of Commercials To Direct.

You Just Never Give Up, No Matter How Hard The Challenges Are, And Observe This World With A Healthy Dose Of Criticism And Don't Just Follow The Herd Like Somebody Else Might Do.

Several Times We Were Stranded In Strange Places Without Any Money And With Our Credit Cards Cancelled - Trapped In A Hotel That We Couldn't Check Out Of Because We Had No Money To Check Out.

It Proved To Be Pretty Impossible To Get Funds For A Feature Film In Finland. It's Still Small, But The Film Industry Was Miniscule At That Point In The Early '80s.