of happiness insight, and i'm eager to see how it all translates to life as i knew it. [upbeat jazz music] ♪ ♪♪ excuse me. coming through. thanks. hey, hey. ok. ♪ ♪♪ i moved to la from new york in 1999. my wife, holiday, and i packed up a chevy cargo van in pursuit of the hollywood dream-- a dilapidated apartment in koreatown that smelled like cat piss. [horns honking] [upbeat music] - it's really stressful living in a city where it's kind of overpopulated and there's, like, noise pollution all the time. - people move here, generally, with a lot of expectation. - i think all of us, as transplants,