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'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.

I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in.

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

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've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw.

Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

'The Big Chill' had a bunch of really talented actors, a great soundtrack, and the college connections that the characters shared. It's one of those movies I glean something different from every time I watch it.

I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold Around the Heart.' Nobody saw it, and it didn't turn out the way I wanted to.

'Be Cool' was a defining movie for me.