When I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics.

I'm a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching.

I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.

People are making their own records in their houses. It's an exciting time.