And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.

I started a band [Big Japan] for fun. These sticks break easily, but they feel good.

I just graduated from high school, and I was working at Blockbuster. Not only did I get into movies while I was there, but I was putting away boxes and looking at the kids on the covers. It felt like windows into these seemingly perfect lives.

I try to make all of my roles likeable in some way.

I love movie-making. I'm interested in writing and directing, and I've dabbled, but I haven't done anything I care to brag about. Yet.

I don't know anyone who's going to see Grind 22 times in the theater. My mom. Some kid who has short-term memory loss and forgot that he's seen it.