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When you do a film as unique and original as 'Napoleon Dynamite,' it's hard then try to repeat what audiences loved the first time.

I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

The idea of 'Napoleon Dynamite' as an animated series made perfect sense to me.

Every movie I touched bombed.

I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

I almost sabotaged my career. 'The Fast and the Furious' didn't let me, and I'm grateful now. That franchise gave me the opportunity.