DANE COOK talks Employee of the Month

Stand-up-comedian-turned-movie-headliner Dane Cook has recently been at the receiving end of Hollywood loving. Cook will star in the latest comedy Employee of the Month, as an average Joe box-boy at a bulk-retail store who falls for the pretty transfer cashier played by tabloid princess Jessica Simpson. recess' Paul Huang participated in a roundtable interview with the surprisingly communicative Cook. Check out some of Cook's thoughts about his recent fame, the evolution of college kids and what he might do on a street if no one were looking. recess isn't sure how that came up.

Dane Cook: "I really don't think I would have been too good at many other things and comedy was like my calling. That was a great moment and holding that [Time's 100 most influential people of 2006] article is something I'll never forget. And then I called every ex-girlfriend that ever broke up with me and was like 'Look at this, sucka. You called me an idiot. I'm one of the most influential people on earth, baby.'"

"I would have this weird scenario in my mind where I'm walking down the street and there are a few people around, but nobody's paying attention... All of a sudden, I start dancing to some kind of modern hip-hop beat and suddenly, everybody around starts doing a perfectly choreographed dance with me. And basically, the entire city ends up being a music video in my brain. I used to do that when I was in New York City. I'd be walking around with my hooded sweatshirt on and I'd have these fantasies in my brain like, 'I wish music would kick in now, and everyone would start dancing.'"

"Me and the guys on the Tourgasm [comedy tour] found that more than ever, these kids are the same age as college students when we first started college tours, but it's a more mature, younger audience, and I think that away from the Generation X attitude, a lot more people are taking their careers and their hopes into their own hands-much like myself and the way I did it."