I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.

In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.

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.

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.

Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.

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.

I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different.

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.

I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.

I feel like I learned very early on that your heroes are only as powerful as your villains. And I'm attracted to intelligent villains.

At the end of the day, what makes the biggest difference in your success is the action you take. By Mestar Digital 2017

Endure while you can, you will succeed in due time.

My soul is full of longingfor the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great oceansends a thrilling pulse through me.

I just want to challenge myself and play some different characters.

I want to be freed neither from human beings, nor from myself, nor from nature; for all these appear to me the greatest of miracles.

I am not going to make promises I can't keep. I am not going to talk about big ideas like single-payer and then not level with people about how much it will cost.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

As I have seen with a lot of companies I have covered, acquisition interest can be a heady experience, and not always in a good way.

You can't keep a juvenile moral institution alive on two displays of its sash per year.

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.