In 2004, while working on "The Aviator," I was required to take a series of classes and pass a test in order to join Los Angeles' Local 44, the professional association for those in the entertainment industry, and earn my Occupational Safety and Health Administration passport.
As the years went on, my firearms-safety education, both on the job and in a classroom setting, continued Soon after, I became a member of New York's IATSE Local 52, the motion-picture studio-mechanics union, where I had to exhibit a knowledge of firearm safety to earn my union card. It was Jim who sent me to take a course on the use of theatrical firearms led by two prominent industry armorers to ensure I learned on-set safety from the best and built my confidence handling firearms. I was in my mid-20s when I first got the opportunity to shadow the premier prop master Jim Mazzola on the job and begin learning the ins and outs of the prop business
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