Eventually, he wanted to play a cooler instrument, so he tried guitar. When he was a kid, he played the alto saxophone in his school's symphonic band. Johanas was always interested in music growing up. So, he deleted his work, moved the stems onto a USB – where they'd sit for more than a decade – and moved on. Johanas, a fan, sitting in his dorm at Brandies University, downloaded the files, dropped them into GarageBand, and then learned the hard way that he had no technical ability to do anything with the treasure trove of music he had. That said, nearly a decade into his career as a game director, Johanas finally feels a bit confident in his abilities. He thought the most difficult and challenging thing about directing a film was getting out of the car.

Griffith Award when he said (via Far Out Magazine), 'I believe Steven summed it up about as profoundly as you can. Johanas is quoting Stanley Kubrick, who was actually quoting Steven Spielberg during his 1997 acceptance speech for the D.W. Flying by the seat of his pants – making, at least from an outsider's perspective, some baffling decisions (that, to be fair, paid off in spades) – he ended up here with no choice but to get out of the car and be a director every single day.

He was just a kid on Long Island, New York, who liked Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails that moved when he saw an opportunity. It's worth mentioning that Johanas had no aspirations of becoming a game developer growing up.

So yeah, the hardest part of the day is getting out of the metaphorical car to go into his job at Tango Gameworks and lead video games, such as The Evil Within 2 and the well-received Hi-Fi Rush. 'I don't know.' Nevertheless, no one can be at that level all the time. To be able to do that, to make that switch, Johanas says you need to be a 'weird psychopath.' Though he likes to think he isn't a weird psychopath. He has to lead teams, micromanage, make tough decisions, and accept making mistakes – all skills he says he learned without clear guidance. But when he goes to work, he has to be an extrovert. But being a director requires turning a switch in his brain. The hardest part of being a director is getting out of the car in the morning, John Johanas says.

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