I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.