RRFH: Right now, the scene that we’re looking at is actually set in 2003. JERSEY GIRL starts in 1994, and then moves forward to [the present].

AT: Is it easier to do period research on an older period like the 1970’s, than it is to do something more recent, like 1994?

RRFH: Right now, it’s really about removing things. We look at the models of cars for street scenes. The seasons themselves have been pretty tough. Putting leaves on trees or taking the leaves off of trees has been tough…that’s a lot of work. Making snow, making it look like it’s cold…those things take a lot of time.

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RRFH If you look at JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, we decided to use every recognizable thing I could find in prop houses and locations. There were old STAR TREK props, and VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA props, and PLANET OF THE APES props. I was going crazy going, “I know this control panel!” We found the ROCKETEER jetpack in the Disney prop house, sitting under a dusty blanket. Most of this stuff is just sitting there, but it’s used again and again in television. Some of it’s just so in the background you don’t notice it.

MH: No, but I asked him about that. I had dinner with him in the end of Sept, and anything that he wants me to do, of course I’d do it, because we really are on the same wavelengths.

Q: How hard did you punch Jay in Jay and Silent Bob Strikes back?

MH: Well, of course, all of those things are done so you don’t actually hurt the actor, but of course with a fist like that…by the way, Kevin Smith promised me that, but he changed his mind. That alone should get me a part in his next film.