There's definitely a psychology to making you feel important and like you're part of the game. It's a very special quality, especially with a first-time director.

Sometimes, you have no idea why something works and other times, you put so much work and effort into something and it just falls flat.

I have been able to sniff out a phony.

Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald.

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.

The thing I'm obsessed with is really great bad paintings. I have a storage locker full of them and I want to give them their own museum. You don't even know who these artists are - you can buy them at garage sales, antique stores and places like that. They're brilliant because they were done with the intention of being great, but the artist sort of made a wrong turn. Some of them are hilarious and I can't get enough of them.

I didn't think American Pie was going to be what it was! I had a very small role and the reception I received was just crazy.