"Once I wrote a check for 10 million dollars... and I kept it in my wallet as if it were real."

At that moment, I couldn't even afford to pay the rent. I was sleeping in a van with my family, and there were days when we only had canned soup for dinner. But that piece of paper was my way of telling myself: this is what I am worth, even if the world doesn't see it yet.

There were many rejections. They told me I was "too weird," "too expressive," "too crazy." But I knew my craziness was my selling point, ha. Every time someone closed a door, I would talk to the check. I would say: hold on a little, soon you will have real value.

Five years later, I was paid exactly 10 million dollars for making "Dumb and Dumber." I went straight to see that old check that was still folded in my wallet. I cried. Not for the money... but because I had promised myself something and I fulfilled it.

"Don't underestimate the power of believing in something that doesn't exist yet. Sometimes, the world just needs you to see it first."