Four years ago, I was an aspiring professional writer, struggling to find a way into the industry.
Hope some of this helps, vato, he signed off.
Within a year, I moved to Los Angeles and started my dream job at EW.
Credit: Josh Huskin
Now, for the first time since, our paths crossed again for themost important interview hes ever done.
I really enjoyed the process of the basketball book, and I like the way it was structured.
So I wanted to do that again, and movies made the most sense to me.
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Im Team Vin, because we both know hes the heart ofFast.Youre absolutely correct, its Vin Diesel.
I remember when that whole fight first started and I was like, What are you doing?
You saw the difference whenHobbs & Shawcame out.Hobbs & Shaw, not a great movie.
A fun movie to watch, but it didnt have that emotional punch that the bestFast & Furiousmovies have.
LikeFurious 7, people who had not even seen otherFastmovies cried at that end scene with Paul Walker.
The Rock could have never done that; theres a reason they left him out of that scene.
He doesnt have that same sort of weight.
If you need a guy topull a helicopter out of the sky, you call the Rock.
But if we have to pick one of those two people, its got to be Vin Diesel.
The movies just dont work without him.
What was the process of coming up with the questions forMAOT?
Are these things youve always wondered about?
Lets get silly for a few minutes.
I think he is hand-to-hand, foot-to-foot, the greatest movie fighter that we have ever had.
In any throw in of movie.
He can do all the stuff that everyone else needs the camera tricks to do.
Everybody knows what movie scene that is, everybody understands the importance of that particular movie and moment.
It just makes everything feel a little more real, a little more alive.
Because its the difference of me telling you what a monster looks like and showing you.
If you could see it, then thats a game-changer.
Castor Troy and Sean Archer are back, baby!
Who are you putting in there?
Travolta and Cage would be fun, because we also need those two back in our lives.
We mentioned it earlier, but wouldnt this be the perfect reunion of Diesel and Rock?
And with their faces, you almost wouldnt tell the difference.
Obviously, the height would be a problem.That would be funny.
People would absolutely go for that.
What was the inspiration for that?
I just wanted to see what happened if I did it myself and how it works.
A lot of times its just boredom, and its fun to experiment with stuff.
You know this, youre a professional writer; its a scary time to be a writer.
Ive got a wife, Ive got kids.
The bills arent going to stop if the money stops.
We mentionedThe Officeessays, but youve recently been all in on watching and talking aboutScrubs.
Its a close contest.
This is a 94-91 basketball game.
I think someone hits a jumper at the buzzer to win it forThe Office.[Ed.
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No one engages their fans quite like you do with the FOH Army.
I woke up this morning andyoure giving away $1,000 on Twitter.
Why do you think youve been able to develop such a large, passionate group?
Were going to feel good about ourselves and then keep it moving.
And thats probably what brings the most people in and makes it the most interesting.
For example, I could donate $10 myself toRAICES not a racist.
All of a sudden were not donating $10, were donating $10,000.
And it feels cool to be a part of that.
Also, everything is super-unofficial.
Who cares about every other shot that you made before if you miss this one?
And then whatever the next thing I do will be more important.
