How was it working with John Waters?
It's completely different. You work with John, and you're in John-Waters-land, which is his own cult, his own way of making movies, his style, which is what's great about him. It's why I wanted to do it. He's a complete original. We just had a great time. It was much more interesting. Movies are usually crazy, a bunch of stress. This was relaxed. Similar, I guess, to other artists like Woody Allen.
Did you research much into Cecil's look?
I didn't really do any heavy research. I wanted to dress like Cecil B DeMille, but with a crazier vibe. It wasn't written what he would wear in the script. He is this committed guy who hates bad movies. He has to make his last masterpiece and he goes for it. He won't stop until he has his last shot.
What's your favourite line in the film?
"I'm horny, but our film comes first!" I like that line. I also like "Power to the people who punish bad cinema." It's not against Hollywood. It's about bad movies. It's a revolution.
You're next up in "Deuces Wild". What's it about?
It's about gangs and street kids in Brooklyn in 1958. Scott Calvert, the director of "The Basketball Diaries", is making it. It's me, Brad Renfro, Matt Dillon. It's gonna be pretty cool. Scorsese is producing it. It's the kind of movie that has a story everybody has seen, but this cast will make it something different.
