From the very beginning, I liked the idea of making eye contact with the people I was interviewing. We are very, very sensitive to the fact that someone is looking at us -- you know when that’s happening. But in cinema verite, you’re supposed to be as unobtrusive as possible, and I didn’t know how to do that. My answer in those days was to put my head as close to the

If it’s possible to learn anything about a man from the home that he keeps, then the first thing you should know about Kid Rock is that he has two of them.

 

By: Dave Itzkoff

It's been two years since Patrick Fugit made his unforgettable film debut, as a wide-eyed adolescent rock journalist in Almost Famous. Now the actor, who turns 20 this month, has his innocence tested in White Oleander (opening October 11), in which he plays the devoted boyfriend of the film's heroine, a victim of troubled foster homes, played by Alison Lohman. Fugit talked with Spin from the comfort of his tricked-out bachelor pad in Salt Lake City (a.k.a. his parents' basement).