While making the short film Beyond Dream's Door (1983), Woelfel established lifelong relationships with the two stars, Rick Kesler and Nick Baldasare. The actors went on to appear in many of his other films, including the 1989 feature-length remake, and at Woelfel's 2010 wedding, Baldasare was his best man and Kesler officiated the ceremony.

[making movies] Most of the challenges to filmmaking have to do with time and money and there is never enough of either unless there is too much of both, so the genre of movie doesn't change that too much.