"The Wolfpack" is a real life clash of life and fiction and the saving power of brotherhood and make-believe.

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art.

When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.

You just don't really rehearse kissing scenes, whether it's male or female.

I get to work with incredibly talented young filmmakers and students, and their attitudes and relationship with film is still so pure. That re-inspires me and reminds me why I got into it and what I love about film, and allows me a little reprieve from the business side of it. And it rekindles my love of film.

I become kind of obsessive about research.