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" I'm pretty easy to get along with on set, but I'm probably hard on myself. "
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" I remember when I was at the first showing of 'John Dies at the End' at Sundance, and I was talking to some of the people in the standby crowd who were outside and didn't have tickets. They were just waiting in line to see if they could get in. It was this whole gang of die-hard sci-fi wacko people, and they were just fantastic. "
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" I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway. "
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" I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male. "
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" One of my favourite things growing up was 'Asterix', those books. "
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