In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes

I've always felt most comfortable in the hopeless romantic, underdog kind of roles who always gets the girl in the end. I don't know what that says about me but for some reason it's a natural fit.

Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that.

I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.

I'm a big fan of shock value humour and I find myself being most comfortable when I make other people uncomfortable. Is that sick of me? I really like it.

Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest.

There's obviously some appeal in scenes for me - there's something I respond to. I keep doing those films where I put myself out there like that. I guess I look for those kinds of moments and I pride myself on being an actor who will do just about anything for a laugh - so long as it's within context of the scene in the movie and it's not gratuitous. I have to feel it'll make people laugh.