So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.

When I'm Los Angeles, it's work. That's what I'm there for is work.

In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City College. At that time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young painter and was visiting L.A. for his first show at the Larry Gagosian Gallery.

I'd come out to Los Angeles for a vacation to see a friend and just fell in love with it.