A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.

I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.

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

He was so. So dirty, and just moving in front of me, and cute. I was in love with him, especially because he was talking to me.

Showing the addiction and unusual sexual practices are ways of just outlining a much bigger character trait.

It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.