How Sebastian Loses the Attention of Pinocchio

"There's always going to be a few teachers in your life that either open doors for you or did the quite opposite," he says. "That just was the most dry, somber and pretty much, I mean, defeated individual ... He sucked out the energy from me wanting to learn more about math" The actor recalls how his teacher would walk up and down the aisle between desks if students weren't paying attention.