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I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.

I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.

Being a geek is a great thing. I think we're all geeks. Being a geek means you're passionate about something and that defines your uniqueness. I would rather be passionate about something than be apathetic about everything.

I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

I span the entire geek spectrum.

Are people raised to be villains or vilified like I have become?

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

What's great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day.