MK: I think it very accurately portrays the time. Kids at 14 didn't do it. Back then, they didn't give out condoms in third grade. I think kids will look at this film today and understand that it is of another era. But they will also be able to relate because they're not necessarily any more sophisticated or emotionally equipped to handle it.

JA: Here's what it was, when we knew we were onto something. At the end of the film, when Lenny has read the sex book and he's showing off and he mispronounces fellatio and cunnilingus that's Ryan mispronouncing those words. We wrote it the right way, he just didn't say it the right way. And I said to the crew, "If anyone corrects him, I'll kill them."

MK: He did it in auditions and we said, "Oh my God, the kid is rewriting the script and it's better. It's funnier."

JA: By the way, the other kids on the set didn't go "Hey Ryan, it's fellatio!" They didn't know either, and these are pretty hip New York kids. They'd seen the pictures and they knew what it all looks like but they hadn't done it. And there's a quantum leap between knowing and being there. So for the kids that see the movie that are in that position, I think they get it.

MK: I still say cungoolius. After Ryan, I can't even remember the real word.

JA: Cungoolius is a much cooler word.

THC: Jason, how was the transition from acting to directing? Was it difficult?