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.

Most of the time, my favorite drama has comedy in it as well. I think most good dramas have comedy in there. And all of the dramatic actors I look up to are also very funny.

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 like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there's something about the scarcity that makes it all the more valuable.

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.