• We’ve got some nice sketches from Sundance many times.”

Still Indie : ” ‘Kissing a Fool’ happened to get bought byUniversal, a huge studio. But the film is actually just a $4-millionproduction. [It] looks like I took this huge step up and did a big Universal film, but it’s just that [director] Doug Ellin wanted me in his $4-million film and I thought I’d like it.”

Hot Property : “There’s a script called ‘Mumford’ by Lawrence Kasdan that I’m going to be involved with after ‘Dogma’… Apparently this is a script that people are really talking about, and I didn’t even know it.”

So Close : “I’d love to work with the Coen brothers. ‘The Big Lebowski’ will be great. I really wanted to be in that. I read for it for the part of the assistant, but it went to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was in ‘Boogie Nights’, the longhaired guy who tried to kiss Mark Wahlberg’s character.”

It’s Not His Party : “I’m definitely not one of those young actor kids that finds parties to go to on weekends or goes to clubs every week and knows the bouncer. I’m just not part of that scene. I’m only in this industry because I’m an actor and I happen to make movies.”

Olympic Skateboarding? : “Vertical-ramp skating could be a great Olympics sport… But it’s probably hurt by the perception that skateboarders are just a bunch of morons. Snowboarders are worse though.”