Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

A lot of people know that something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America.

Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a triple whammy of surreal, absolute madness.

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

I never wanted to come off as self-important.