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Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.
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Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting.
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I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.
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My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.
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Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.
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Like anyone who goes to college, you're leaving a familiar surrounding and a comfortable environment and your friends and everything, and you're starting fresh. It can be pretty daunting.
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Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest.
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We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism.
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But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well.
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On paper, it was all there. It's unlike anything else on television or streaming and that can either bode well for it, or work against it. And it has worked for this show in an incredible way.
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The American Pie success has been so wonderful for me, but it's also locked me into a certain type of role. It's limited my options.
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But I did have two months off between Loser and the start of Prozac Nation. So, it was supposed to be Jason time, right? My time to enjoy myself away from movies.
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When I heard about the project, the name sounded kind of familiar. I felt like I'd seen it in the book review section or on a list somewhere, but I didn't really know what the story was. The two things that stood out immediately were Jenji Kohan, who I think is one of the best writers out there, and the other thing was Netflix.
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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.
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It's funny – if you told me five years ago that Netflix was producing quality content and they have actors and filmmakers all over Hollywood super excited to be in business with them, I would've been like, what?
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People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school.
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I'm just glad I got to work with the likes of Spielberg.
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I love playing Jim. I love working with this cast and the opportunity to come back and work with them again was just way too appealing for me. Also, I think this is a great way to wrap up the franchise.
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A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.
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We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basically it stuck to the formula that worked for the first two movies, and for that reason I think this works as well.
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Truth be told, I don’t really prepare much. I’m not a very serious actor in those regards. I learn my lines, I show up, I take direction.
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I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.
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For the pie scene, people asked if I read the script and said: 'Oh my god, do I have to do that?' No - I said: 'I hope that's me. I hope I get that part.''
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But once I went for it, left my inhibitions aside and saw its eventual success, it made me much more comfortable and eager THIS time around to take it to a whole new level.