In 1997 on the brink of financial exile from San Francisco he was urged by his compatriot Suzy Landau, producer for Francis Ford Coppola (Dracula &Tucker) to take his act to the stage.

• 但是鉴于和他的倒是意见不统一，造成了他在一年半后离开了学校。他离开首都继续在旧金山艺术学院学习艺术。因此他也就不得不废掉了奖学金，这也最终促使他不得不重新作出计划。