You Have To Be So Confident And

It's More Like The Inner Workings Of John Bender. He Feels Like He's Been Given A Short Shrift, He's Not Been Provided The Opportunities That Maybe These Other Kids Have. So He Feels Like He Begins In A Hole. And Instead Of Trying To Raise Himself Up, He Wants To Bring All Of Them Down. That's A Dynamic That's Pretty Universal. And So That Was The Real Foothold On That. It Wasn't Like, "oh, My High School Experience Is Like John Bender's [in St. Elmo's Fire]."

[john] Hughes Really Wanted It To Sound Authentic. He Was A Real Collaborator. He Encouraged Us To Bring To The Material Things We Thought Were Maybe More Truthful.

As A Kid, I Had A Crush On Sophia Loren And Raquel Welch.

I Had To Audition For Fandango. When I Read The Script, The Role That Was Interesting - So Everyone Thought - Was The Role That Costner Played. He Was The Cool Guy. And I Read The Script, And My Representation At The Time Said, "that's The Role You Should Read For." And I Was Like, "really? How About I Read For This Other Role." And They Went, "well, You're Not Going To Get That Role."

I Was Living In New York, So I Just Rode My Motorcycle Up To The Set [of New Jack City]. So First Day Of Work For Me Was Kind Of Tough. I Get Ready To Get Off My Bike, And I'm Surrounded By The Security Guards, Who Were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam Guys. Who Had The Double-breasted Suits And Guns. And This Guy Goes, "where You Goin'?" And I Said, "i'm Here To Work." And They Said, "no You're Not." And I Said, "yeah. I'm Here To Work On The Movie." And They Said, "no You're Not. Get On Your Bike."