In order for American Pie to have worked, you have to have a character who, even while he is humping a pie, the audience still likes.

Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest.

A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.

I was nervous and hesitant about putting myself out there for the pie scene. But I went for it and the results were wonderful.

This film is very heavy and intense at times, and I think in order to make it a well-rounded movie, you need someone to come in and deliver a little chuckle factor. To be able to come play and deliver was great fun, especially to do it in a completely new genre for me. You have to go to these funny places, but you can't overdo it.

We all had our reservations about possibly overdoing it but, you know, the script was great. Basically it stuck to the formula that worked for the first two movies, and for that reason I think this works as well.